{"format":1,"id":"118-s-3613","congress":118,"number":"S. 3613","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","official_title":"A bill to require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-157","introduced":"2024-01-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-12-10","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h496","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Improving Federal Building Security Act","result":"Passed","yea":410,"nay":6,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll496.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2024-03-23","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-12-17"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-157.","date":"2024-12-17"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-12-17","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This act requires Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) regarding facility security."},{"k":"p","t":"A Facility Security Committee is a committee that (1) consists of representatives of all federal tenants in a specific nonmilitary facility, the security organization for the facility, and the owning or leasing federal tenant; and (2) is responsible for addressing facility-specific security issues and approving the implementation of security measures and practices in the facility."},{"k":"p","t":"Not later than 90 days after the FPS issues a security recommendation to a Facility Security Committee, that committee must respond to the Department of Homeland Security (1) indicating if the committee intends to adopt or reject the recommendation; (2) describing the financial implications of adopting or rejecting the recommendation, including if the benefits outweigh the costs; and (3) providing DHS with a justification, if it intends to reject the recommendation, for accepting the risk posed by that rejection."},{"k":"p","t":"DHS must (1) develop a procedure to monitor the recommendations and responses and take reasonable action to ensure Facility Security Committee response; and (2) report to Congress 270 days after this act's enactment and annually thereafter regarding such recommendations, responses, justifications for rejected recommendations, and risk mitigation efforts."},{"k":"p","t":"The provisions of this act only apply to General Services Administration (GSA) facilities under FPS protection and non-GSA facilities that pay fees to the FPS for protection. This act ceases to be effective five years after enactment."}],"words":247},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations from the Federal Protective Service and requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to monitor those responses and report to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}]},"core_areas":["Facility Security Committee responses to Federal Protective Service security recommendations","Department of Homeland Security monitoring and reporting on those recommendations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the head of a Facility Security Committee, or a designee, to tell the Secretary of Homeland Security within 90 days whether the committee intends to adopt or reject a Federal Protective Service security recommendation, and to describe the financial implications.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}},{"text":"Requires a Facility Security Committee that intends to reject a recommendation to give the Secretary a justification for accepting the risk posed by rejecting it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary to develop a method to monitor the recommendations and responses and to take reasonable action to ensure Facility Security Committees respond.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to congressional committees, starting 270 days after enactment, covering the recommendations issued, the percentages accepted and rejected, and the percentage of committees that did not respond in a timely manner.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit an unredacted report within 180 days of enactment on all surveillance technology recommended by the Federal Protective Service and any intended use of it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}},{"text":"Applies only to General Services Administration facilities under Federal Protective Service protection and to other facilities that pay fees to the Service, ends the Act 5 years after enactment, and requires a Comptroller General report on its effectiveness.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr#id6915177a-8d4d-4a29-89f7-9d4520ccd9bf:~:text=2.%20Responding%20to%20security%20recommendations"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3613/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-s-3613.png","v":"12a1d445a815","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 3613, 118th Congress: Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024. House: 410 Yea, 6 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 17 Dec 2024."}}