[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3613 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.3613
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
An Act
To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security
recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to
facility security, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Federal Building Security
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. RESPONDING TO SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Facility security committee.--The term ``Facility Security
Committee'' means a committee that--
(A) consists of representatives of--
(i) all Federal tenants in a specific non-military
facility;
(ii) the security organization for the facility; and
(iii) the owning or leasing Federal tenant; and
(B) is responsible for addressing facility-specific
security issues and approving the implementation of security
measures and practices in the facility.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Homeland Security.
(b) Response.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which
the Federal Protective Service issues a security recommendation to
a Facility Security Committee to improve facility security, the
head of the Facility Security Committee, or a designee thereof,
shall--
(A) respond to the Secretary--
(i) indicating if the Facility Security Committee
intends to adopt or reject the recommendation; and
(ii) describing the financial implications of adopting
or rejecting the recommendation, including if the benefits
outweigh the costs; and
(B) if the Facility Security Committee intends to reject
the recommendation, provide the Secretary a justification for
accepting the risk posed by rejecting the recommendation.
(2) Method.--The Secretary shall--
(A) develop a method to monitor the recommendations and
responses described in paragraph (1); and
(B) take reasonable action to ensure Facility Security
Committee responsiveness under paragraph (1).
(c) Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report that, for the fiscal year preceding the
report, includes--
(A) a summary of the security recommendations issued by the
Federal Protective Service to Facility Security Committees to
improve facility security;
(B) the percentage of recommendations described in
subparagraph (A) that were accepted and the percentage of such
recommendations that were rejected;
(C) the percentage of Facility Security Committees that
failed to respond to a recommendation described in subparagraph
(A) in a timely manner;
(D) a summary of justifications provided by Facility
Security Committees if a Facility Security Committee rejected a
recommendation described in subparagraph (A);
(E) a summary of the financial implications of Facility
Security Committee responses to recommendations described in
subparagraph (A), including if the benefits outweigh the costs;
(F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility Security
Committees to mitigate the risk posed by rejecting a
recommendation described in subparagraph (A); and
(G) an analysis of any trends found among the findings in
the report.
(2) Form.--Each report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(3) Briefing.--The Secretary shall brief the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on an annual
basis on the findings of the most recently submitted report under
paragraph (1).
(d) Report on Surveillance Technology.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives an
unredacted report on--
(1) all surveillance technology recommended by the Federal
Protective Service; and
(2) any intended use of the technology described in paragraph
(1).
(e) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
(f) Sunset and Report.--
(1) Sunset.--This Act shall cease to be effective on the date
that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) GAO report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of this Act.
(g) Application.--This Act shall only apply to--
(1) General Services Administration facilities under protection
of the Federal Protective Service; and
(2) non-General Services Administration facilities that pay
fees to the Federal Protective Service for protection.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.