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H.R. 919: Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

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H.R. 919: Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

Plain summary

Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019 This bill requires each public building constructed, acquired, or of which more than 50% of the facade is substantially altered by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards: at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass which employs any combination of the methods of modification described in this bill; at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such modified glass standard; there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners; all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the standard; and outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized subject to security and other mission related requirements. The GSA must (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable and consistent with the requirements for outside lighting. The bill exempts from these requirements buildings and sites listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, and the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · 46 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] reported raising $998,074 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr919 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116