(B) For armored car personnel, the State
should have in effect training and testing that
appropriately reflects the nature of their duties
rather than the classroom instruction required
by subparagraph (A).
(C) For electronic security officers, the
State should require training and testing that
adequately prepares the registrant for duties in
the fields of burglar alarms, fire alarms, closed
circuit television, access control, or system mon-
itoring.
(D) For armed private security officers, in
addition to the training required by paragraph
(1) or (2), the following:
(i) Fifteen hours of weapons instruc-
tions (including the marksmanship de-
scribed in clause (ii)) and successful com-
pletion of a written examination on—
(I) the legal limitations on the
use of,
(II) weapons handling, and
(III) safety and maintenance.
(ii) A minimum marksmanship quali-
fication of 70 percent attained on any sil-
houette target course approved by the
State regulatory agency.
(E) Each State should have in effect a re-
quirement for an annual refresher course in the
subjects listed in this section. Armed private se-
curity officers should be required to requalify
on the range.
(4) WAIVER.—On the request of an employer,
a State should waive the preassignment screening
requirements and training requirement if the secu-
rity officer holds a valid registration certificate of
that State, or is a sworn law enforcement officer.
(5) 
RECOGNITION
OF
OUT-OF-STATE
LI-
CENSES.—A State should accept proof of licensure
of registration (accompanied by an appropriate fee)
from other States as valid licenses providing the
State’s training and screening requirements are con-
sistent.
(6) EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.—A State should
have in effect a law that makes invalid and unen-
forceable any unreasonable limitation imposed by an
employer on the right of an employee to seek or ob-
tain subsequent employment as a private security of-
ficer after voluntary or involuntary termination of
employment by such employer.
(7) ADVISORY BOARDS.—States should use ad-
visory boards to provide information to regulators
enforcing the statute. Such boards should include
persons engaged in the business of providing secu-
rity, security managers, law enforcement officials,
and members of the public.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘employee’’ includes an applicant
for employment;
(2) the term ‘‘employer’’ means any person
that—
(A) employs one or more private security
officers; or
(B) provides, as an independent contrac-
tor, for consideration, the services of one or
more private security officers (possibly includ-
ing oneself);
(3) the term ‘‘felony’’ means an offense for
which a term of imprisonment exceeding one year
may be imposed;
(4) the term ‘‘misdemeanor’’ means an offense
for which a maximum term of imprisonment of one
year or less may be imposed;
(5) the term ‘‘private security officer’’
(A) means—
(i) an individual who performs secu-
rity services, full or part time, for consider-
ation as an independent contractor or an
employee, whether armed or unarmed and
in uniform or plain clothes whose primary
duty is to perform security services, or
(ii) an individual who is an employee
of an electronic security system company
engaged in one or more of the following ac-
tivities in the State: burglar alarm techni-
cian, fire alarm technician, closed circuit
television technician, access control techni-
cian, or security system monitor; but
(B) does not include—
(i) sworn police officers who have law
enforcement powers in the State,
(ii) attorneys, accountants, and other
professionals who are otherwise licensed in
the State,
(iii) employees whose duties are pri-
marily internal audit or credit functions,
(iv) persons whose duties may inciden-
tally include the reporting or apprehension
of shoplifters or trespassers, or
(v) an individual on active duty in the
military service;
(6) the term ‘‘registration permit’’ means a li-
cense, permit, certificate, registration card, or other
formal written permission from the State for the
person to engage in providing security services;
(7) the term ‘‘security services’’ means the per-
formance of one or more of the following:
(A) the observation or reporting of intru-
sion, larceny, vandalism, fire or trespass;
(B) the deterrence of theft or misappro-
priation of any goods, money, or other item of
value;
(C) the observation or reporting of any un-
lawful activity;
(D) the protection of individuals or prop-
erty, including proprietary information, from
harm or misappropriation;
(E) the control of access to premises being
protected;
(F) the secure movement of prisoners;
(G) the maintenance of order and safety at
athletic, entertainment, or other public activi-
ties;
(H) the provision of canine services for
protecting premises or for the detection of any
unlawful device or substance; and
(I) the transportation of money or other
valuables by armored vehicle;
(8) the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(9) the term ‘‘State Regulatory Agency’’ means
an appropriate State regulatory entity.
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