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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3613 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3613

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four

                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Federal Building Security 
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. RESPONDING TO SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term 
    in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
        (2) Facility security committee.--The term ``Facility Security 
    Committee'' means a committee that--
            (A) consists of representatives of--
                (i) all Federal tenants in a specific non-military 
            facility;
                (ii) the security organization for the facility; and
                (iii) the owning or leasing Federal tenant; and
            (B) is responsible for addressing facility-specific 
        security issues and approving the implementation of security 
        measures and practices in the facility.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    Homeland Security.
    (b) Response.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
    the Federal Protective Service issues a security recommendation to 
    a Facility Security Committee to improve facility security, the 
    head of the Facility Security Committee, or a designee thereof, 
    shall--
            (A) respond to the Secretary--
                (i) indicating if the Facility Security Committee 
            intends to adopt or reject the recommendation; and
                (ii) describing the financial implications of adopting 
            or rejecting the recommendation, including if the benefits 
            outweigh the costs; and
            (B) if the Facility Security Committee intends to reject 
        the recommendation, provide the Secretary a justification for 
        accepting the risk posed by rejecting the recommendation.
        (2) Method.--The Secretary shall--
            (A) develop a method to monitor the recommendations and 
        responses described in paragraph (1); and
            (B) take reasonable action to ensure Facility Security 
        Committee responsiveness under paragraph (1).
    (c) Annual Report.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
    submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
    Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
    the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
    Representatives a report that, for the fiscal year preceding the 
    report, includes--
            (A) a summary of the security recommendations issued by the 
        Federal Protective Service to Facility Security Committees to 
        improve facility security;
            (B) the percentage of recommendations described in 
        subparagraph (A) that were accepted and the percentage of such 
        recommendations that were rejected;
            (C) the percentage of Facility Security Committees that 
        failed to respond to a recommendation described in subparagraph 
        (A) in a timely manner;
            (D) a summary of justifications provided by Facility 
        Security Committees if a Facility Security Committee rejected a 
        recommendation described in subparagraph (A);
            (E) a summary of the financial implications of Facility 
        Security Committee responses to recommendations described in 
        subparagraph (A), including if the benefits outweigh the costs;
            (F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility Security 
        Committees to mitigate the risk posed by rejecting a 
        recommendation described in subparagraph (A); and
            (G) an analysis of any trends found among the findings in 
        the report.
        (2) Form.--Each report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
    submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
        (3) Briefing.--The Secretary shall brief the Committee on 
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
    and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on an annual 
    basis on the findings of the most recently submitted report under 
    paragraph (1).
    (d) Report on Surveillance Technology.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives an 
unredacted report on--
        (1) all surveillance technology recommended by the Federal 
    Protective Service; and
        (2) any intended use of the technology described in paragraph 
    (1).
    (e) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
    (f) Sunset and Report.--
        (1) Sunset.--This Act shall cease to be effective on the date 
    that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
        (2) GAO report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
    shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of this Act.
    (g) Application.--This Act shall only apply to--
        (1) General Services Administration facilities under protection 
    of the Federal Protective Service; and
        (2) non-General Services Administration facilities that pay 
    fees to the Federal Protective Service for protection.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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