I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1407
To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance security at executive 
and judicial branch facilities by requiring locksmiths who provide lock-
smith services at such a facility to be credentialed, which includes under-
going a criminal history background check. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2003
Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance security 
at executive and judicial branch facilities by requiring 
locksmiths who provide locksmith services at such a facil-
ity to be credentialed, which includes undergoing a crimi-
nal history background check.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Facilities 
Locksmith Services Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. USE OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITHS TO PROVIDE 
LOCKSMITH SERVICES IN FEDERAL FACILI-
TIES. 
(a) USE OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITH.—Chapter 
5 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 593 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 594. Use of credentialed locksmiths to provide 
locksmith services in executive facilities 
‘‘(a) USE
OF CREDENTIALED LOCKSMITHS.—The 
Administrator of General Services shall ensure that every 
locksmith who provides locksmith services in an executive 
facility is credentialed as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS.—To be a 
credentialed locksmith for purposes of subsection (a), a 
locksmith must—
‘‘(1) be accredited by a nationally recognized 
accrediting agency or association; 
‘‘(2) satisfactorily undergo a criminal history 
background check conducted using the national 
criminal history background check system and State 
criminal history repositories of all States in which 
the locksmith has resided; and 
‘‘(3) satisfy established industry standards of 
professional education or training. 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES.—
For purposes of subsection (b), the Administrator shall
publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies 
or associations that the Administrator determines to be 
reliable authority regarding the performance of a criminal 
history background check and the quality of the education 
or training of the locksmith seeking credentialing. 
‘‘(d) RELATION TO STATE LICENSING LAWS.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to supersede any pro-
vision of State law that establishes licensing requirements 
for locksmiths. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—No action may be 
brought against an accrediting agency or association, or 
its employees, for the denial of accreditation based upon 
reliance on information provided by a Federal or State 
governmental agency. 
‘‘(f) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—The Administrator may 
require a locksmith seeking credentialing to pay the rea-
sonable fees and expenses incurred to conduct the back-
ground check and other investigations required as a condi-
tion of obtaining the credentialing. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘execu-
tive facility’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 590(f) of this title. 
‘‘(2) LOCKSMITH.—The term ‘locksmith’ means 
an individual who—