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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1407

To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance security at executive 

and judicial branch facilities by requiring locksmiths who provide locksmith services at such a facility to be credentialed, which includes undergoing a criminal history background check. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2003

Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

A BILL

To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance security 

at executive and judicial branch facilities by requiring 

locksmiths who provide locksmith services at such a facility to be credentialed, which includes undergoing a criminal history background check.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Facilities 

5 Locksmith Services Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. USE OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITHS TO PROVIDE 

2 LOCKSMITH SERVICES IN FEDERAL FACILI3 TIES. 

4 (a) USE OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITH.—Chapter 

5 5 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

6 after section 593 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 594. Use of credentialed locksmiths to provide 

8 locksmith services in executive facilities 

9 ‘‘(a) USE OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITHS.—The 

10 Administrator of General Services shall ensure that every 

11 locksmith who provides locksmith services in an executive 

12 facility is credentialed as provided in subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(b) CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS.—To be a 

14 credentialed locksmith for purposes of subsection (a), a 

15 locksmith must—

16 ‘‘(1) be accredited by a nationally recognized 

17 accrediting agency or association; 

18 ‘‘(2) satisfactorily undergo a criminal history 

19 background check conducted using the national 

20 criminal history background check system and State 

21 criminal history repositories of all States in which 

22 the locksmith has resided; and 

23 ‘‘(3) satisfy established industry standards of 

24 professional education or training. 

25 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES.—

26 For purposes of subsection (b), the Administrator shall 
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1 publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies 

2 or associations that the Administrator determines to be 

3 reliable authority regarding the performance of a criminal 

4 history background check and the quality of the education 

5 or training of the locksmith seeking credentialing. 

6 ‘‘(d) RELATION TO STATE LICENSING LAWS.—Noth7 ing in this section shall be construed to supersede any pro8 vision of State law that establishes licensing requirements 

9 for locksmiths. 

10 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—No action may be 

11 brought against an accrediting agency or association, or 

12 its employees, for the denial of accreditation based upon 

13 reliance on information provided by a Federal or State 

14 governmental agency. 

15 ‘‘(f) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—The Administrator may 

16 require a locksmith seeking credentialing to pay the rea17 sonable fees and expenses incurred to conduct the back18 ground check and other investigations required as a condi19 tion of obtaining the credentialing. 

20 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘execu22 tive facility’ has the meaning given the term in sec23 tion 590(f) of this title. 

24 ‘‘(2) LOCKSMITH.—The term ‘locksmith’ means 

25 an individual who—
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1 ‘‘(A) provides locksmith services to the 

2 public for any type of compensation; or 

3 ‘‘(B) otherwise holds himself or herself out 

4 to the public as a locksmith. 

5 ‘‘(3) LOCKSMITH SERVICES.—The term ‘lock6 smith services’ means—

7 ‘‘(A) servicing, installing, repairing, re8 building, rekeying, repining, or adjusting locks, 

9 mechanical or electronic access control security 

10 devices, safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes; and 

11 ‘‘(B) operating a mechanical or electrical 

12 security device, safe, or vault by a means other 

13 than those intended by the manufacturer of the 

14 device, safe or vault. 

15 ‘‘(4) NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACK16 GROUND CHECK SYSTEM.—The term ‘national crimi17 nal history background check system’ has the mean18 ing given the term in section 5 of the National Child 

19 Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119c).’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 593 the following new 

23 item:

‘‘594. Use of credentialed locksmiths to provide locksmith services in executive 

facilities.’’.
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1 (c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

3 General Services, in consultation with the Attorney Gen4 eral, shall issue such rules as may be necessary to carry 

5 out section 594 of title 40, United States Code, as added 

6 by subsection (a), including measures relating to the secu7 rity, confidentiality, processing, cost reimbursement, use, 

8 dissemination, maintenance, and destruction of criminal 

9 background check records and other information obtained 

10 pursuant to such section.

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