the recipient’s failure to comply shall result 
in the Secretary taking appropriate action, 
including rescission of the release and re-
covery of the Federal share of the grant.’’. 
SEC. 12. FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE. 
(a) Section 1315 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) CONTRACT SECURITY PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITIES
FOR
ONTRACT
SECURITY 
PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(A) CARRYING OF FIREARMS.—The Sec-
retary may authorize contract security per-
sonnel engaged in the protection of buildings 
and grounds that are owned, occupied, or se-
cured by the General Services Administration 
Public Buildings Service to carry firearms to 
carry out their official duties. 
‘‘(B) DETENTION WITHOUT A WARRANT.— 
A person authorized to carry a firearm under 
this subsection may, while in the performance 
of, and in connection with, official duties, de-
tain an individual without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in 
that person’s presence or for any felony cog-
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nizable under the laws of the United States if 
that person has reasonable grounds to believe 
that the individual to be detained has com-
mitted or is committing such felony. The deten-
tion authority conferred by this paragraph is in 
addition to any detention authority provided 
under other laws. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The following limitations 
apply: 
‘‘(A) DETENTION.—Contract security per-
sonnel authorized to carry firearms under this 
section may detain an individual only if the in-
dividual to be detained is within, or in direct 
flight from, the area of such offense. 
‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LAWS.— 
A person granted authority to detain under this 
section may exercise such authority only to en-
force laws regarding any building and grounds 
and all property located in or on that building 
and grounds that are owned, occupied, or se-
cured by the General Services Administration 
Public Buildings Service. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, with the ap-
proval of the Attorney General, shall issue guidelines 
to implement this section.’’. 
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(b) Section 1315(b) of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (F). 
(c) Section 1315(b) of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM
TRAINING
STANDARDS.—The 
Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
Federal Protective Service and in accordance with 
guidelines issued by the Attorney General, shall es-
tablish minimum and uniform training standards for 
any employee designated as an officer or agent to 
carry out and exercise authority pursuant to this 
section. Such minimum standards shall include on-
going training certified by the Director of the Fed-
eral Protective Service. 
‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION
OF
DESIGNATIONS
AND 
DELEGATIONS.—The Secretary shall submit written 
notification of any approved designations or delega-
tions of any authority provided under this section, 
including the purposes and scope of such designa-
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tions or delegations, not within the Federal Protec-
tive Service, to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Environment and Public 
Works and Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, including the purpose for such 
designations or delegations, oversight protocols es-
tablished to ensure compliance with any require-
ments, including compliance with training require-
ments, and other specifics regarding such designa-
tions and delegations.’’. 
SEC. 13. EVALUATION OF FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
PERSONNEL NEEDS. 
(a) PERSONNEL AND FUNDING NEEDS OF FEDERAL 
PROTECTIVE SERVICE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and after re-
view by a qualified consultant pursuant to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the personnel needs of the Federal Pro-
tective Service that includes recommendations on the 
numbers of Federal Protective Service law enforce-
ment officers and the workforce composition of the 
Federal Protective Service needed to carry out the 
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mission of such Service during the 10-fiscal-year pe-
riod beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) REVIEW
AND
COMMENT.—The Secretary 
shall provide the report prepared under this section 
to a qualified consultant for review and comment be-
fore submitting the report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees. The Secretary shall provide 
the comments of the qualified consultant to the ap-
propriate congressional committee with the report. 
(3) CONTENTS.—The report under this section 
shall include an evaluation of— 
(A) the option of posting a full-time equiv-
alent Federal Protective Service law enforce-
ment officer at each level 3 or 4 Federal facil-
ity, as determined by the Interagency Security 
Committee, that on the date of enactment of 
this Act has a protective security officer sta-
tioned at the facility; 
(B) the potential increase in security of 
any option evaluated under subparagraph (A); 
(C) the immediate and projected costs of 
any option evaluated under such subparagraph; 
and 
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(D) the immediate and projected costs of 
maintaining the current level of protective secu-
rity officers and full-time Federal Protective 
Service law enforcement officers. 
(b) REPORT ON FUNDING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the best method of funding for the Federal Protec-
tive Service, which shall include recommendations regard-
ing whether the Federal Protective Service should— 
(1) continue to be funded by a collection of fees 
and security charges; 
(2) be funded by appropriations; or 
(3) be funded by a combination of fees, security 
charges, and appropriations. 
Æ 
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