[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2616]
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SA 1818. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Peters) proposed an amendment to the
bill 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; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
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.
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