Federal buildings must warn people of threats fast.
S. 2542 — Federal Building Threat Notification Act · Filed by Gary Peters (D-MI) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 30, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the Federal Protective Service to write rules for warning people about threats. The threats include violence, weapons, terrorism, and strange devices. Each federal building must pick one security official to run the warning system. Buildings must practice emergency drills and report to Congress about what works best. The bill does not give new money to pay for this.
Who it affects
Workers and visitors in federal buildings are affected. Federal building managers must set up and run the new warning system.
One thing to notice
The bill requires warnings to go out within minutes of a threat.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jul 30, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 30, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the…”
- Aug 7, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Federal Protective Service — The government agency that keeps federal buildings safe.
- emergency drills — Practice runs to test if people know what to do in a crisis.
- security official — A person in charge of keeping a building and its people safe.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,850 characters) on Aug 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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