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HR 3425 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025

In plain language: Private security guards stationed at federal buildings will face tighter oversight and mandatory retraining if they fail unannounced security tests. The Federal Protective Service must regularly analyze test failures and update guard training to address emerging safety threats. Additionally, the agency must upgrade how it tracks guard attendance and ensure federal office tenants are promptly warned whenever there are guard shortages or gaps in building security.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Federal building tenantsReceive timely and accurate notifications regarding contract security guard shortages, absences, or coverage gaps in their facilities.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Federal Protective ServiceTakes on new administrative requirements to track covert security testing data, conduct quarterly performance reviews, update training guidance, evaluate its guard tracking system, notify tenants of coverage gaps, and report findings to Congress.provisional
  • Federal security contractorsMust establish mandatory, cause-specific corrective training and performance improvement plans for any contract guards who fail covert security tests, subject to Federal Protective Service review.provisional
  • Contract security guards who fail covert testsSubject to mandatory corrective training and performance improvement plans if they fail a covert security test.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Federal Protective Service to establish uniform standards for tracking covert security test results, pinpointing causes of failures, and conducting quarterly reviews to identify recurring security weaknesses at federal facilities.

    Sec. 2(a), (b)(1)–(2)provisional
  2. Requires security contractors to put any contract guard who fails a covert security test into mandatory, cause-specific corrective training and a performance improvement plan reviewed by the Federal Protective Service.

    Sec. 2(b)(3)provisional
  3. Directs the Federal Protective Service within 180 days to evaluate its system for tracking contract guard shifts, decide whether to upgrade or replace it, and publish an implementation plan with procedures for promptly notifying federal building tenants about guard shortages or coverage gaps.

    Sec. 3(a)provisional
  4. Clarifies that private contract security guards protecting federal property are not federal employees.

    Sec. 4provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Sep 9, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Sep 8, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Sep 8, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 0 (Roll no. 241). (text: CR H3877-3878)
  4. Sep 8, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 0 (Roll no. 241). (text: CR H3877-3878)
  5. Sep 8, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-239.
  6. Sep 8, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-239.
  7. Jun 11, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  8. May 15, 2025Introduced in House
  9. May 15, 2025Introduced in House

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