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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION 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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 18, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs 

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 indicating if 

4 the Facility Security Committee intends to 

5 adopt or reject the recommendation; and 

6 (B) if the Facility Security Committee in7 tends to reject the recommendation, provide the 

8 Secretary a justification for accepting the risk 

9 posed by rejecting the recommendation. 

10 (2) METHOD.—The Secretary shall— 

11 (A) develop a method to monitor the rec12 ommendations and responses described in para13 graph (1); and 

14 (B) take reasonable action to ensure Facil15 ity Security Committee response under para16 graph (1). 

17 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

19 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

20 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 

22 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep23 resentatives a report that— 

24 (1) for the fiscal year preceding the report, in25 dicates— 


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1 (A) each security recommendation issued 

2 by the Federal Protective Service to a Facility 

3 Security Committee to improve facility security; 

4 (B) whether the Facility Security Com5 mittee accepted or rejected the recommenda6 tion; 

7 (C) whether the Facility Security Com8 mittee failed to respond to the recommendation 

9 or failed to respond to the recommendation in 

10 a timely manner; 

11 (D) whether, by some means, the Facility 

12 Security Committee mitigated the risk posed by 

13 rejecting the recommendation; and 

14 (E) whether the Facility Security Com15 mittee formally accepted the risk; 

16 (2) includes, if a Facility Security Committee 

17 rejected a recommendation described in paragraph 

18 (1)(A), the justification described in subsection 

19 (b)(1)(B); and 

20 (3) provides analysis for each Facility Security 

21 Committee, if any, that failed to respond to a rec22 ommendation described in paragraph (1)(A), includ23 ing any recommended actions to improve compliance 


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1 with the response requirements under subsection 

2 (b)(1). 

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