118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3613 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Federal 

3 Building Security Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RESPONDING TO SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

8 United States Code. 

9 (2) FACILITY SECURITY COMMITTEE.—The 

10 term ‘‘Facility Security Committee’’ means a com11 mittee that— 

12 (A) consists of representatives of— 

13 (i) all Federal tenants in a specific 

14 non-military facility; 

15 (ii) the security organization for the 

16 facility; and 

17 (iii) the owning or leasing Federal 

18 tenant; and 

19 (B) is responsible for addressing facility20 specific security issues and approving the imple21 mentation of security measures and practices in 

22 the facility. 

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

24 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

25 (b) RESPONSE.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date on which the Federal Protective Service 

3 issues a security recommendation to a Facility Secu4 rity Committee to improve facility security, the head 

5 of the Facility Security Committee, or a designee 

6 thereof, shall— 

7 (A) respond to the Secretary— 

8 (i) indicating if the Facility Security 

9 Committee intends to adopt or reject the 

10 recommendation; and 

11 (ii) describing the financial implica12 tions of adopting or rejecting the rec13 ommendation, including if the benefits out14 weigh the costs; and 

15 (B) if the Facility Security Committee in16 tends to reject the recommendation, provide the 

17 Secretary a justification for accepting the risk 

18 posed by rejecting the recommendation. 

19 (2) METHOD.—The Secretary shall— 

20 (A) develop a method to monitor the rec21 ommendations and responses described in para22 graph (1); and 

23 (B) take reasonable action to ensure Facil24 ity Security Committee responsiveness under 

25 paragraph (1). 
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1 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

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

4 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com5 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af6 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

7 Security and the Committee on Transportation and 

8 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re9 port that, for the fiscal year preceding the report, 

10 includes— 

11 (A) a summary of the security rec12 ommendations issued by the Federal Protective 

13 Service to Facility Security Committees to im14 prove facility security; 

15 (B) the percentage of recommendations de16 scribed in subparagraph (A) that were accepted 

17 and the percentage of such recommendations 

18 that were rejected; 

19 (C) the percentage of Facility Security 

20 Committees that failed to respond to a rec21 ommendation described in subparagraph (A) in 

22 a timely manner; 

23 (D) a summary of justifications provided 

24 by Facility Security Committees if a Facility 
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1 Security Committee rejected a recommendation 

2 described in subparagraph (A); 

3 (E) a summary of the financial implica4 tions of Facility Security Committee responses 

5 to recommendations described in subparagraph 

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

7 (F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility 

8 Security Committees to mitigate the risk posed 

9 by rejecting a recommendation described in 

10 subparagraph (A); and 

11 (G) an analysis of any trends found among 

12 the findings in the report. 

13 (2) FORM.—Each report required under para14 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

15 but may include a classified annex. 

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

17 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

18 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home19 land Security and the Committee on Transportation 

20 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

21 on an annual basis on the findings of the most re22 cently submitted report under paragraph (1). 

23 (d) REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.—Not 

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

25 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
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1 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen2 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

3 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

4 House of Representatives an unredacted report on— 

5 (1) all surveillance technology recommended by 

6 the Federal Protective Service; and 

7 (2) any intended use of the technology de8 scribed in paragraph (1). 

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car11 rying out this Act. 

12 (f) SUNSET AND REPORT.— 

13 (1) SUNSET.—This Act shall cease to be effec14 tive on the date that is 5 years after the date of en15 actment of this Act. 

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

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp18 troller General of the United States shall submit to 

19 Congress a report on the effectiveness of this Act. 

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

21 (1) General Services Administration facilities 

22 under protection of the Federal Protective Service; 

23 and 
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1 (2) non-General Services Administration facili2 ties that pay fees to the Federal Protective Service 

3 for protection. 

Passed the Senate March 23 (legislative day, March 

22), 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3613 

AN ACT 

To require Facility Security Committees to respond 

rity, and for other purposes. eral Protective Service relating to facility secuto security recommendations issued by the Fed-