,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ah1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,scott of ,florida7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,facility        
,security ,committees to respond to     
security recommendations issued by the  
,federal ,protective ,service relating  
to facility security1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improving ,federal 
,building ,security ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 
,responding to security recommendations 
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given the term in section #eea of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,facility ,security ,committee ,the term
 ,facility ,security ,committee means a 
committee that-- 7,a7 consists of       
representatives of-- 7i7 all ,federal   

tenants in a specific non-military      
facility2  7ii7 the security            
organization for the facility2 and      
7iii7 the owning or leasing ,federal    
tenant2 and  7,b7 is responsible for    
addressing facility-specific security   
issues and approving the implementation 
of security measures and practices in   
the facility4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term
 ,secretary means the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security4  7b7 ,response     
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij    
days after the date on which the        
,federal ,protective ,service issues a  
security recommendation to a ,facility  
,security ,committee to improve facility
 security1 the head of the ,facility    
,security ,committee1 or a designee     
thereof1 shall-- 7,a7 respond to the    
,secretary indicating if the ,facility  
,security ,committee intends to adopt or
 reject the recommendation2 and  7,b7 if
 the ,facility ,security ,committee     
intends to reject the recommendation1   
provide the ,secretary a justification  

for accepting the risk posed by         
rejecting the recommendation4  7#b7     
,method ,the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7    
develop a method to monitor the         
recommendations and responses described 
in paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 take       
reasonable action to ensure ,facility   
,security ,committee response under     
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,annual report ,not
 later than #bgj days after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 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-- 7#a7 for the fiscal year         
preceding the report1 indicates-- 7,a7  
each security recommendation issued by  
the ,federal ,protective ,service to a  
,facility ,security ,committee to       
improve facility security2  7,b7 whether
 the ,facility ,security ,committee     

accepted or rejected the recommendation2
  7,c7 whether the ,facility ,security  
,committee failed to respond to the     
recommendation or failed to respond to  
the recommendation in a timely manner2  
7,d7 whether1 by some means1 the        
,facility ,security ,committee mitigated
 the risk posed by rejecting the        
recommendation2 and  7,e7 whether the   
,facility ,security ,committee formally 
accepted the risk2  7#b7 includes1 if a 
,facility ,security ,committee rejected 
a recommendation described in paragraph 
7#a77;,a71 the justification described  
in subsection 7b77#a77;,b72 and  7#c7   
provides analysis for each ,facility    
,security ,committee1 if any1 that      
failed to respond to a recommendation   
described in paragraph 7#a77;,a71       
including any recommended actions to    
improve compliance with the response    
requirements under subsection 7b77#a74