and cost of individual private contract guard pro-
viders performing Federal Protective Service guard 
functions under contract. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall include an an-
nual update of such plan with the President’s annual 
budget submission to the Congress. 
‘‘SEC. 245. PROMOTION OF FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the date 
of enactment of the Federal Protective Service Reform 
and Enhancement Act, the Director of the Federal Protec-
tive Service, in consultation with the Administrator for the 
Transportation Security Administration, shall publish— 
‘‘(1) a list of qualified vendors and a list of 
qualified products that would promote common 
standards of deployment of personnel and tech-
nology; 
‘‘(2) procedures and requirements for the prop-
er administration of the list of qualified vendors and 
the list of qualified products as appropriate on a 
periodic basis, including— 
‘‘(A) requirements for qualification for in-
clusion on a list; 
‘‘(B) review of such lists at least annually; 
and 
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‘‘(C) addition of new qualified vendors and 
products to such lists removal of any vendors 
and products that no longer meet the qualifica-
tion requirements; and 
‘‘(3) best practices for utilizing items on the 
qualified products list so they are utilized in the 
most effective manner, including a process to best 
utilize existing products currently deployed. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO PROCUREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the publication of the 
qualified vendors list and the qualified products list 
under subsection (a), the Federal Protective Service 
may not enter into any contractual arrangement for 
services or products covered by such lists— 
‘‘(A) with any person that is not included 
on the qualified vendors list; 
‘‘(B) for procurement of any product that 
is not included on the qualified products list; or 
‘‘(C) under which a subcontract may be 
awarded to a person that is not included on the 
qualified vendors list. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any contract the Director of the 
Federal Protective Service determines is of a 
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class of contracts that is not inherent to the se-
curity missions of the Federal Protective Serv-
ice or otherwise conflicts with Federal or State 
law. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—The 
Director shall notify the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate in writing 
within 30 days after determining for purposes 
of subparagraph (A) any class of contracts that 
is not inherent to the security missions of the 
Federal Protective Service. 
‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Within 6 months 
after the date of enactment of the Federal Protective Serv-
ice Reform and Enhancement Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall require the Assistant Secretary of the 
Transportation Security Administration, the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology, and the Under Sec-
retary responsible for critical infrastructure protection to 
enter into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to 
which the Transportation Security Laboratory will provide 
the Federal Protective Service with expertise, consultation, 
exchange of information, and testing for technology cov-
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ered by the qualified vendors list and the qualified prod-
ucts list required by this section. 
‘‘SEC. 246. PROHIBITED ITEMS LIST. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS.—Not later 
than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the 
date of enactment of the Federal Protective Service 
Reform and Enhancement Act, the Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary responsible for critical 
infrastructure protection, shall issue and implement 
a list of items, including component parts, that are 
prohibited from being brought into facilities pro-
tected by the Federal Protective Service, unless an 
exemption is granted under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.—An ex-
emption or exception to the list of prohibited items 
under paragraph (1) may be granted that is tem-
porary and effective for a specific period of time, or 
is permanent until rescinded, by— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) the Director of the Federal Protective 
Service or the Facility Security Committee for 
the Federal facility, if authorized by the Sec-
retary. 
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‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL ITEMS.—Nothing in this section 
prohibits a facility security committee from prohibiting 
items that are not included on such list from being 
brought into the facility of that committee. 
‘‘(c) FAILURE TO ISSUE LIST.—If the Secretary fails 
to implement a prohibited items list in accordance with 
subsection (a), then the prohibited items list established 
by the Transportation Security Administration for civilian 
aviation shall apply for facilities protected by the Federal 
Protective Service— 
‘‘(1) effective upon expiration of the period re-
ferred to in subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) until such time as the Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary responsible for critical 
infrastructure protection, issues a prohibited items 
list described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) FACILITY SECURITY COMMITTEE DEFINED.—In 
this section the term ‘facility security committee’ means 
a facility security committee established pursuant to the 
report entitled ‘Vulnerability Assessment of Federal Fa-
cilities’, issued by the Interagency Security Committee es-
tablished by Executive Order 12977.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to title II the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Federal Protective Service 
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‘‘Sec. 241. Authorization of Federal Protective Service. 
‘‘Sec. 242. Report on minimum full-time equivalent employee requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 243. Oversight of contract guard services. 
‘‘Sec. 244. Strategic plan requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 245. Promotion of Federal Protective Service technology and training. 
‘‘Sec. 246. Prohibited items list.’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE AUTHORITY TO 
CARRY 
OUT 
COUNTERTERRORISM 
AND 
HOMELAND SECURITY FUNCTIONS. 
Section 1315(a) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) PROTECTION
OF
FACILITIES.—For each 
Federal facility not subject to security requirements 
under Federal laws or regulations, the Secretary, 
acting through the Federal Protective Service shall 
have the primary authority in the executive branch 
for implementing counterterrorism and homeland se-
curity functions to secure any building and all Fed-
eral property located in or on a facility, that is 
owned, occupied, or secured by any component of 
the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS
WITH
OTHER
LAW
EN-
FORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall prevent the Federal Protective Service 
from entering into agreements with other Federal, 
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State, or local law enforcement authorities to provide 
security or respond to incidents on property that is 
owned, occupied, or secured by the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the 
following: 
(1) A strategy for more effectively managing 
the contract guard program of the Federal Protec-
tive Service that ensures there is adequate oversight 
and monitoring of training for such program. 
(2) A coordinated strategy for cooperation be-
tween the Under Secretary responsible for critical 
infrastructure protection and the Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology regarding research, de-
velopment, and deployment of security technology 
conducted by the Transportation Security Labora-
tory. 
(3) A report on retention rates within the Fed-
eral Protective Service contract guard workforce, in-
cluding an assessment of how the retention rate af-
fects the costs and operations of the Federal Protec-
tive Service and the security of facilities. 
Æ 
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