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Union Calendar No. 669 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8530 

[Report No. 118–818] 

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 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. CARTER of Louisiana 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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: 

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

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

10 United States Code. 

11 (2) FACILITY SECURITY COMMITTEE.—The 

12 term ‘‘Facility Security Committee’’ means a com13 mittee that— 

14 (A) consists of representatives of— 

15 (i) all Federal tenants in a specific 

16 non-military facility; 

17 (ii) the security organization for the 

18 facility; and 

19 (iii) the owning or leasing Federal 

20 tenant; and 

21 (B) is responsible for addressing facility22 specific security issues and approving the imple23 mentation of security measures and practices in 

24 the facility. 


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

2 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

3 (b) RESPONSE.— 

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

5 the date on which the Federal Protective Service 

6 issues a security recommendation to a Facility Secu7 rity Committee to improve facility security, the head 

8 of the Facility Security Committee, or a designee 

9 thereof, shall— 

10 (A) respond to the Secretary— 

11 (i) indicating if the Facility Security 

12 Committee intends to adopt or reject the 

13 recommendation; and 

14 (ii) describing the financial implica15 tions of adopting or rejecting the rec16 ommendation, including if the benefits out17 weigh the costs; and 

18 (B) if the Facility Security Committee in19 tends to reject the recommendation, provide the 

20 Secretary a justification for accepting the risk 

21 posed by rejecting the recommendation. 

22 (2) METHOD.—The Secretary shall— 

23 (A) develop a method to monitor the rec24 ommendations and responses described in para25 graph (1); and 


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1 (B) take reasonable action to ensure Facil2 ity Security Committee responsiveness under 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

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

7 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com8 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af9 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

10 Security and the Committee on Transportation and 

11 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re12 port that, for the fiscal year preceding the report, 

13 includes— 

14 (A) a summary of the security rec15 ommendations issued by the Federal Protective 

16 Service to Facility Security Committees to im17 prove facility security; 

18 (B) the percentage of recommendations de19 scribed in subparagraph (A) that were accepted 

20 and the percentage of such recommendations 

21 that were rejected; 

22 (C) the percentage of Facility Security 

23 Committees that failed to respond to a rec24 ommendation described in subparagraph (A) in 

25 a timely manner; 


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1 (D) a summary of justifications provided 

2 by Facility Security Committees if a Facility 

3 Security Committee rejected a recommendation 

4 described in subparagraph (A); 

5 (E) a summary of the financial implica6 tions of Facility Security Committee responses 

7 to recommendations described in subparagraph 

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

9 (F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility 

10 Security Committees to mitigate the risk posed 

11 by rejecting a recommendation described in 

12 subparagraph (A); and 

13 (G) an analysis of any trends found among 

14 the findings in the report. 

15 (2) FORM.—Each report required under para16 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

17 but may include a classified annex. 

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

19 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

20 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home21 land Security and the Committee on Transportation 

22 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

23 on an annual basis on the findings of the most re24 cently submitted report under paragraph (1). 


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1 (d) REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.—Not 

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

3 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen5 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

6 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

7 House of Representatives an unredacted report on— 

8 (1) all surveillance technology recommended by 

9 the Federal Protective Service; and 

10 (2) any intended use of the technology de11 scribed in paragraph (1). 

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

13 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car14 rying out this Act. 

15 (f) SUNSET AND REPORT.— 

16 (1) SUNSET.—This Act shall cease to be effec17 tive on the date that is 5 years after the date of en18 actment of this Act. 

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

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp21 troller General of the United States shall submit to 

22 Congress a report on the effectiveness of this Act. 

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


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1 (1) General Services Administration facilities 

2 under protection of the Federal Protective Service; 

3 and 

4 (2) non-General Services Administration facili5 ties that pay fees to the Federal Protective Service 

6 for protection. 


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Union Calendar No. 669 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8530 

[Report No. 118–818] 

A BILL 

To require Facility Security Committees to respond 

rity, and for other purposes. eral Protective Service relating to facility secuto security recommendations issued by the FedDECEMBER 5, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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