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— 
S. 3613—2 

(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. 
S. 3613—3 

(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.