[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3613 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3613

    To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security 
 recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to 
               facility security, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 18, 2024

   Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    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 indicating if the 
                Facility Security Committee intends to adopt or reject 
                the recommendation; 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 response under paragraph (1).
    (c) Annual Report.--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--
            (1) for the fiscal year preceding the report, indicates--
                    (A) each security recommendation issued by the 
                Federal Protective Service to a Facility Security 
                Committee to improve facility security;
                    (B) whether the Facility Security Committee 
                accepted or rejected the recommendation;
                    (C) whether the Facility Security Committee failed 
                to respond to the recommendation or failed to respond 
                to the recommendation in a timely manner;
                    (D) whether, by some means, the Facility Security 
                Committee mitigated the risk posed by rejecting the 
                recommendation; and
                    (E) whether the Facility Security Committee 
                formally accepted the risk;
            (2) includes, if a Facility Security Committee rejected a 
        recommendation described in paragraph (1)(A), the justification 
        described in subsection (b)(1)(B); and
            (3) provides analysis for each Facility Security Committee, 
        if any, that failed to respond to a recommendation described in 
        paragraph (1)(A), including any recommended actions to improve 
        compliance with the response requirements under subsection 
        (b)(1).
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