[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2619]
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  SA 460. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of part III of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 2853. REVISION OF UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA ON USE OF 
                   LIFE SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY HARDWARE FOR COVERED 
                   DOORS IN HOUSING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall amend the 
     Unified Facilities Criteria and Department of Defense 
     Building Code (UFC 1-200-01) to update applicable 
     specifications, guidance, and technical documentation 
     relating to the construction, renovation, replacement, or 
     other retrofit of a covered door to ensure that life safety 
     accessibility hardware is used for such construction, 
     renovation, replacement, or other retrofit.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered door.--The term ``covered door'' means a door 
     to--
       (A) a sensitive compartmented information facility, 
     including a sensitive compartmented information facility in 
     which information designated as sensitive compartmented 
     information is stored and processed; or
       (B) any other room or facility in which information 
     designated as sensitive compartmented information--
       (i) is used, handled, discussed, or processed; or
       (ii) is stored in approved security containers.
       (2) Life safety accessibility hardware.--The term ``life 
     safety accessibility hardware'' means a secure locking device 
     that require less than five pounds of force to open.
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