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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8530 

To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2024 

Mr. EZELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

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. 

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 ‘‘Improving Federal 

5 Building Security Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESPONDING TO SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (2) FACILITY SECURITY COMMITTEE.—The 

5 term ‘‘Facility Security Committee’’ means a com6 mittee that— 

7 (A) consists of representatives of— 

8 (i) all Federal tenants in a specific 

9 non-military facility; 

10 (ii) the security organization for the 

11 facility; and 

12 (iii) the owning or leasing Federal 

13 tenant; and 

14 (B) is responsible for addressing facility15 specific security issues and approving the imple16 mentation of security measures and practices in 

17 the facility. 

18 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

20 (b) RESPONSE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

22 the date on which the Federal Protective Service 

23 issues a security recommendation to a Facility Secu24 rity Committee to improve facility security, the head 


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1 of the Facility Security Committee, or a designee 

2 thereof, shall— 

3 (A) respond to the Secretary— 

4 (i) indicating if the Facility Security 

5 Committee intends to adopt or reject the 

6 recommendation; and 

7 (ii) describing the financial implica8 tions of adopting or rejecting the rec9 ommendation, including if the benefits out10 weigh the costs; and 

11 (B) if the Facility Security Committee in12 tends to reject the recommendation, provide the 

13 Secretary a justification for accepting the risk 

14 posed by rejecting the recommendation. 

15 (2) METHOD.—The Secretary shall— 

16 (A) develop a method to monitor the rec17 ommendations and responses described in para18 graph (1); and 

19 (B) take reasonable action to ensure Facil20 ity Security Committee responsiveness under 

21 paragraph (1). 

22 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

25 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:20 Jul 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8530.IH H8530

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1 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af2 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

3 Security and the Committee on Transportation and 

4 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re5 port that, for the fiscal year preceding the report, 

6 includes— 

7 (A) a summary of the security rec8 ommendations issued by the Federal Protective 

9 Service to Facility Security Committees to im10 prove facility security; 

11 (B) the percentage of recommendations de12 scribed in subparagraph (A) that were accepted 

13 and the percentage of such recommendations 

14 that were rejected; 

15 (C) the percentage of Facility Security 

16 Committees that failed to respond to a rec17 ommendation described in subparagraph (A) in 

18 a timely manner; 

19 (D) a summary of justifications provided 

20 by Facility Security Committees if a Facility 

21 Security Committee rejected a recommendation 

22 described in subparagraph (A); 

23 (E) a summary of the financial implica24 tions of Facility Security Committee responses 


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1 to recommendations described in subparagraph 

2 (A), including if the benefits outweigh the costs; 

3 (F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility 

4 Security Committees to mitigate the risk posed 

5 by rejecting a recommendation described in 

6 subparagraph (A); and 

7 (G) an analysis of any trends found among 

8 the findings in the report. 

9 (2) FORM.—Each report required under para10 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

11 but may include a classified annex. 

12 (3) BRIEFING.—The Secretary shall brief the 

13 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

14 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home15 land Security and the Committee on Transportation 

16 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

17 on an annual basis on the findings of the most re18 cently submitted report under paragraph (1). 

19 (d) REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.—Not 

20 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

22 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen23 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

24 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

25 House of Representatives an unredacted report on— 


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1 (1) all surveillance technology recommended by 

2 the Federal Protective Service; and 

3 (2) any intended use of the technology de4 scribed in paragraph (1). 

5 (e) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

6 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car7 rying out this Act. 

8 (f) SUNSET AND REPORT.— 

9 (1) SUNSET.—This Act shall cease to be effec10 tive on the date that is 5 years after the date of en11 actment of this Act. 

12 (2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 5 years 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp14 troller General of the United States shall submit to 

15 Congress a report on the effectiveness of this Act. 

16 (g) APPLICATION.—This Act shall only apply to— 

17 (1) General Services Administration facilities 

18 under protection of the Federal Protective Service; 

19 and 

20 (2) non-General Services Administration facili21 ties that pay fees to the Federal Protective Service 

22 for protection. 

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