HR6260-118

Reported

To provide for certain reviews of the use and safety of Federal buildings, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Nov 7, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for certain reviews of the use and safety of Federal buildings, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Transportation, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H414322808BDE46D5A398C2DA47B43E15: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Oversight of Construction Use and Safety Act or the FOCUS Act.
  • Section H03D751534B05408D915097CA4E1C012F: 2. Eliminating project escalations Section 3307(c) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator shall...
  • Section HA02D8B19E43B4E6B9DE7EE6321FC946D: 3. Public safety at Federal buildings The Administrator of General Services shall collect data from tenant Federal agencies reports of any safety incidents as...
  • Section HCA22F87D34CB4346853CAB4321B08283: 4. Reducing waste in new projects Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (7) by striking and at the end; in paragraph (8) by...
  • Section HD4FE671905184ADE8F4BF742D6D31931: 5. Review of special use space The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the use of special use spaces in Federal buildings, including...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for certain reviews of the use and safety of Federal buildings, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Transportation, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for certain reviews of the use and safety of Federal buildings, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Transportation Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 6, 2024

Additional sponsor: Mr. Lawler

Mar 6, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Nov 7, 2023

Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
6 mentions across 4 clauses
-6 negative

Federal agencies seeking new building space, Federal tenant agencies in public buildings, General Services Administration

Congress
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Congressional oversight committees

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Taxpayers

8/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Transportation Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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