Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

Names the bill the Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024.

This Act may be cited as the Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024.

Defines terms used in the security recommendation response requirements.

In this section:

Agency has the same meaning as in federal administrative law.

The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

Facility Security Committee is a multi-agency group that approves security measures at federal buildings.

The term Facility Security Committee means a committee that—

Lists the types of representatives on a Facility Security Committee.

(A) consists of representatives of—

Facility Security Committee includes representatives from all federal tenants in the building.

(i) all Federal tenants in a specific non-military facility;

Facility Security Committee includes the building's security organization.

(ii) the security organization for the facility; and

Facility Security Committee includes the federal agency that owns or leases the building.

(iii) the owning or leasing Federal tenant; and

Facility Security Committee decides on security issues and approves implementation of security measures.

(B) is responsible for addressing facility-specific security issues and approving the implementation of security measures and practices in the facility.

Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Building committees must respond to Federal Protective Service security recommendations within 90 days.

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—

Committees must tell the Secretary whether they accept or reject each recommendation.

(A) respond to the Secretary—

Committees must indicate if they intend to adopt or reject the recommendation.

(i) indicating if the Facility Security Committee intends to adopt or reject the recommendation; and

Committees must explain the financial cost of adopting or rejecting the recommendation.

(ii) describing the financial implications of adopting or rejecting the recommendation, including if the benefits outweigh the costs; and

Committees rejecting a recommendation must explain why they accept the resulting security risk.

(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.

Homeland Security must track recommendations and ensure committees respond on time.

The Secretary shall—

Homeland Security must create a system to monitor recommendations and committee responses.

(A) develop a method to monitor the recommendations and responses described in paragraph (1); and

Homeland Security must take reasonable steps to ensure committees answer on time.

(B) take reasonable action to ensure Facility Security Committee responsiveness under paragraph (1).

Homeland Security must submit an annual report to Congress on federal building security recommendations.

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—

Annual report must summarize security recommendations issued to building committees.

(A) a summary of the security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service to Facility Security Committees to improve facility security;

Annual report must show what percentage of recommendations were accepted versus rejected.

(B) the percentage of recommendations described in subparagraph (A) that were accepted and the percentage of such recommendations that were rejected;

Annual report must show what percentage of committees failed to respond on time.

(C) the percentage of Facility Security Committees that failed to respond to a recommendation described in subparagraph (A) in a timely manner;

Annual report must summarize committees' reasons for rejecting recommendations.

(D) a summary of justifications provided by Facility Security Committees if a Facility Security Committee rejected a recommendation described in subparagraph (A);

Annual report must analyze the financial costs and benefits of committee responses.

(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;

Annual report must describe how committees addressed risks from rejecting recommendations.

(F) an analysis of steps taken by Facility Security Committees to mitigate the risk posed by rejecting a recommendation described in subparagraph (A); and

Annual report must analyze trends found in the report findings.

(G) an analysis of any trends found among the findings in the report.

Annual report must be unclassified but may include a classified section.

Each report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Homeland Security must brief Congress annually on the report findings.

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).

Homeland Security must report to Congress on all surveillance technology recommended for federal buildings.

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—

Report must list all surveillance technology recommended by Federal Protective Service.

(1) all surveillance technology recommended by the Federal Protective Service; and

Report must describe how the recommended surveillance technology would be used.

(2) any intended use of the technology described in paragraph (1).

No additional federal funding is authorized for this Act.

No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.

This Act expires 5 years after enactment.

This Act shall cease to be effective on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the Act's effectiveness within 5 years.

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.

This Act applies only to certain federal buildings protected by Federal Protective Service.

This Act shall only apply to—

Act applies to General Services Administration buildings under Federal Protective Service protection.

(1) General Services Administration facilities under protection of the Federal Protective Service; and

Act applies to non-GSA buildings that pay Federal Protective Service for protection.

(2) non-General Services Administration facilities that pay fees to the Federal Protective Service for protection.