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2+Calendar No. 185
13 118THCONGRESS
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35 STSESSION S. 1868
4-AN ACT
6+[Report No. 118–82]
7+To require an interagency study to produce a security assessment process
8+on adjacent space to high-security leased space to accommodate a Federal
9+agency, and for other purposes.
10+IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11+JUNE7, 2023
12+Mr. P
13+ETERS(for himself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following
14+bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
15+Security and Governmental Affairs
16+J
17+ULY27, 2023
18+Reported by Mr. P
19+ETERS, with an amendment
20+[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
21+A BILL
522 To require an interagency study to produce a security assess-
623 ment process on adjacent space to high-security leased
724 space to accommodate a Federal agency, and for other
825 purposes.
926 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
11-†S 1868 ES
27+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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1231 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 1
1332 ThisActmaybecitedasthe‘‘SecureAdjacentFed-2
1433 eralPropertyActof2023’’. 3
1534 SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 4
1635 InthisAct: 5
17-(1) A
18-DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-6
36+(1)ADMINISTRATOR.—Theterm‘‘Adminis-6
1937 trator’’meanstheAdministratorofGeneralServ-7
2038 ices. 8
21-(2) B
22-ENEFICIAL OWNER.— 9
23-(A) I
24-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘beneficial 10
39+(2)BENEFICIALOWNER.— 9
40+(A)INGENERAL.—Theterm‘‘beneficial 10
2541 owner’’,withrespecttoacoveredentity,means 11
2642 eachnaturalpersonwho,directlyorindirectly, 12
2743 throughanycontract,arrangement,under-13
2844 standing,relationship,orotherwise— 14
29-(i) exercises substantial control over 15
30-the covered entity; or 16
31-(ii) owns or controls not less than 25 17
32-percent of the ownership interests of, or 18
33-receives substantial economic benefits from 19
34-the assets of, the covered entity. 20
45+(i)exercisescontroloverthecovered 15
46+entity;or 16
47+(ii)hasasubstantialinterestinorre-17
48+ceivessubstantialeconomicbenefitsfrom 18
49+theassetsofthecoveredentity. 19
50+(B)EXCLUSIONS.—Theterm‘‘beneficial 20
51+owner’’,withrespecttoacoveredentity,does 21
52+notinclude— 22
53+(i)aminor; 23
54+(ii)apersonactingasanominee, 24
55+intermediary,custodian,oragentonbehalf 25
56+ofanotherperson; 26
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60+(iii)apersonactingsolelyasanem-1
61+ployeeofthecoveredentityandwhosecon-2
62+troloveroreconomicbenefitsfromthe 3
63+coveredentityderivessolelyfromtheem-4
64+ploymentstatusoftheperson; 5
65+(iv)apersonwhoseonlyinterestin 6
66+thecoveredentityisthrougharightofin-7
67+heritance,unlessthepersonalsomeetsthe 8
68+requirementsofsubparagraph(A);or 9
69+(v)acreditorofthecoveredentity, 10
70+unlessthecreditoralsomeetstherequire-11
71+mentsofsubparagraph(A). 12
72+(C)ANTI-ABUSERULE.—Theexclusions 13
73+undersubparagraph(B)shallnotapplyif,in 14
74+thedeterminationoftheAdministrator,anex-15
75+clusionisusedforthepurposeofevading,cir-16
76+cumventing,orabusingtherequirementsofthis 17
77+Act. 18
78+(3)CONTROL.—Theterm‘‘control’’,withre-19
79+specttoacoveredentity,means— 20
80+(A)havingtheauthorityorabilitytode-21
81+terminehowthecoveredentityisused;or 22
82+(B)havingsomedecision-makingpowerfor 23
83+theuseofthecoveredentity. 24
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87+(4)COVEREDENTITY.—Theterm‘‘covereden-1
88+tity’’means— 2
89+(A)aperson,corporation,company,busi-3
90+nessassociation,partnership,society,trust,or 4
91+anyothernongovernmentalentity,organization, 5
92+orgroup;and 6
93+(B)anygovernmentalentityorinstrumen-7
94+talityofagovernment. 8
95+(5)EXECUTIVEAGENCY.—Theterm‘‘Executive 9
96+agency’’hasthemeaninggiventheterminsection 10
97+105oftitle5,UnitedStatesCode. 11
98+(6)FEDERAL AGENCY.—Theterm‘‘Federal 12
99+agency’’means— 13
100+(A)anExecutiveagency;and 14
101+(B)anyestablishmentinthelegislativeor 15
102+judicialbranchoftheFederalGovernment. 16
103+(7)FEDERALLESSEE.— 17
104+(A)INGENERAL.—Theterm‘‘Federalles-18
105+see’’means— 19
106+(i)theAdministrator; 20
107+(ii)theArchitectoftheCapitol;and 21
108+(iii)theheadofanyotherFederal 22
109+agencythathasindependentstatutory 23
110+leasingauthority. 24
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114+(B)EXCLUSIONS.—Theterm‘‘Federalles-1
115+see’’doesnotinclude— 2
116+(i)theheadofanelementoftheintel-3
117+ligencecommunity;or 4
118+(ii)theSecretaryofDefense. 5
119+(8)FEDERALTENANT.— 6
120+(A)INGENERAL.—Theterm‘‘Federalten-7
121+ant’’meansaFederalagencythatisoccupying 8
122+orwilloccupyahigh-securityleasedspacefor 9
123+whichaleaseagreementhasbeensecuredon 10
124+behalfoftheFederalagency. 11
125+(B)EXCLUSION.—Theterm‘‘Federalten-12
126+ant’’doesnotincludeanelementoftheintel-13
127+ligencecommunity. 14
128+(9)FOREIGNENTITY.—Theterm‘‘foreignenti-15
129+ty’’meansacoveredentitythatisheadquarteredor 16
130+incorporatedinacountrythatisnottheUnited 17
131+States. 18
132+(10)FOREIGNPERSON.—Theterm‘‘foreign 19
133+person’’meansanindividualwhoisnotaUnited 20
134+Statesperson. 21
135+(11)HIGH-SECURITY LEASED ADJACENT 22
136+SPACE.—Theterm‘‘high-securityleasedadjacent 23
137+space’’meansabuildingorofficespacethatshares 24
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141+aboundarywithorsurroundsahigh-securityleased 1
142+space. 2
143+(12)HIGH-SECURITY LEASED SPACE.—The 3
144+term‘‘high-securityleasedspace’’meansaspace 4
145+leasedbyaFederallesseethat— 5
146+(A)willbeoccupiedbyFederalemployees 6
147+fornonmilitaryactivities;and 7
148+(B)hasafacilitysecuritylevelofIII,IV, 8
149+orV,asdeterminedbytheFederaltenantin 9
150+consultationwiththeInteragencySecurity 10
151+Committee,theSecretaryofHomelandSecu-11
152+rity,andtheAdministrator. 12
153+(13)HIGHEST-LEVEL OWNER.—Theterm 13
154+‘‘highest-levelowner’’meansanentitythatownsor 14
155+controls— 15
156+(A)animmediateowneroftheofferorof 16
157+aleaseforahigh-securityleasedadjacent 17
158+space;or 18
159+(B)1ormoreentitiesthatcontrolanim-19
160+mediateowneroftheofferorofaleasede-20
161+scribedinsubparagraph(A). 21
162+(14)IMMEDIATE OWNER.—Theterm‘‘imme-22
163+diateowner’’meansanentity,otherthantheofferor 23
164+ofaleaseforahigh-securityleasedadjacentspace, 24
165+thathasdirectcontrolofthatofferor,including— 25
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169+(A)ownershiporinterlockingmanagement; 1
170+(B)identityofinterestsamongfamily 2
171+members; 3
172+(C)sharedfacilitiesandequipment;and 4
173+(D)thecommonuseofemployees. 5
174+(15)INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Theterm 6
175+‘‘intelligencecommunity’’hasthemeaninggiventhe 7
176+terminsection3oftheNationalSecurityActof 8
177+1947(50U.S.C.3003). 9
178+(16)SUBSTANTIALECONOMICBENEFITS.—The 10
179+term‘‘substantialeconomicbenefits’’,withrespect 11
180+toanaturalpersondescribedinparagraph 12
181+(2)(A)(ii),meanshavinganentitlementtothefunds 13
182+orassetsofacoveredentitythat,asapracticalmat-14
183+ter,enablestheperson,directlyorindirectly,tocon-15
184+trol,manage,ordirectthecoveredentity. 16
185+(17)UNITEDSTATES PERSON.—Theterm 17
186+‘‘UnitedStatesperson’’meansanindividualwho— 18
187+(A)isacitizenoftheUnitedStates;or 19
188+(B)isanalienlawfullyadmittedforper-20
189+manentresidenceintheUnitedStates. 21
190+SEC.3.GOVERNMENTWIDE STUDY. 22
191+(a)COORDINATIONSTUDY.—TheAdministrator,in 23
192+coordinationwiththeDirectoroftheFederalProtective 24
193+Service,theSecretaryofHomelandSecurity,theDirector 25
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197+oftheOfficeofManagementandBudget,andanyother 1
198+relevantentities,asdeterminedbytheAdministrator, 2
199+shallcarryoutagovernmentwidestudyexaminingoptions 3
200+toassistagencies(asdefinedisdefinedinsection551of 4
201+title5,UnitedStatesCode)toproduceasecurityassess-5
202+mentprocessonhigh-securityleasedadjacentspacebefore 6
203+enteringintoaleaseornovationagreementwithacovered 7
204+entityforthepurposesofaccommodatingaFederalten-8
205+antlocatedinahigh-securityleasedspace. 9
206+(b)CONTENTS.—Thestudyrequiredundersub-10
207+section(a)— 11
208+(1)shallevaluatehowtoproduceasecurityas-12
209+sessmentprocessthatincludesaprocessforassess-13
210+ingthethreatlevelofeachoccupancyofahigh-se-14
211+curityleasedspace,includingthrough— 15
212+(A)site-visits; 16
213+(B)interviews;and 17
214+(C)anyotherrelevantactivitiesdeter-18
215+minednecessarybytheDirectoroftheFederal 19
216+ProtectiveService;and 20
217+(2)mayincludeaprocessforcollectingand 21
218+usinginformationoneachimmediateowner,highest- 22
219+levelowner,orbeneficialownerofacoveredentity 23
220+thatseekstoenterintoaleasewithaFederallessee 24
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224+forahigh-securityleasedadjacentspace,includ-1
225+ing— 2
226+(A)name; 3
227+(B)currentresidentialorbusinessstreet 4
228+address;and 5
229+(C)anidentifyingnumberordocument 6
230+thatverifiesidentityasaUnitedStatesperson, 7
231+aforeignperson,orforeignentity. 8
232+(c)WORKINGGROUP.— 9
233+(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan90daysafter 10
234+thedateofenactmentofthisAct,theAdministrator, 11
235+incoordinationwiththeDirectorofFederalProtec-12
236+tiveService,theSecretaryofHomelandSecurity, 13
237+theDirectoroftheOfficeofManagementandBudg-14
238+et,andanyotherrelevantentities,asdeterminedby 15
239+theAdministrator,shallestablishaworkinggroup 16
240+toassistinthecarryingoutofthestudyrequired 17
241+undersubsection(a). 18
242+(2)NOCOMPENSATION.—Amemberofthe 19
243+workinggroupestablishedunderparagraph(1)shall 20
244+receivenocompensationasaresultofservingonthe 21
245+workinggroup. 22
246+(3)SUNSET.—Theworkinggroupestablished 23
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251+whichthereportrequiredundersubsection(e)is 1
252+submitted. 2
253+(d)PROTECTIONOFINFORMATION.—TheAdminis-3
254+tratorshallensurethatanyinformationcollectedpursu-4
255+anttothestudyrequiredundersubsection(a)shallnot 5
256+bemadeavailabletothepublic. 6
257+(e)REPORT.—Notlaterthan2yearsafterthedate 7
258+ofenactmentofthisAct,theAdministrator,incoordina-8
259+tionwiththeDirectorofFederalProtectiveService,the 9
260+SecretaryofHomelandSecurity,theDirectoroftheOffice 10
261+ofManagementandBudget,andanyotherrelevantenti-11
262+ties,asdeterminedbytheAdministrator,shallsubmitto 12
263+theCommitteeonHomelandSecurityandGovernmental 13
264+AffairsoftheSenateandtheCommitteeonTranspor-14
265+tationandInfrastructureoftheHouseofRepresentatives 15
266+areportdescribing— 16
267+(1)theresultsofthestudyrequiredundersub-17
268+section(a);and 18
269+(2)howallapplicableprivacylawsandrights 19
270+relatingtotheFirstandFourthAmendmentstothe 20
271+ConstitutionoftheUnitedStateswouldbeupheld 21
272+andfollowedin— 22
273+(A)thesecurityassessmentprocessde-23
274+scribedinparagraph(1)ofsubsection(b);and 24
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278+(B)theinformationcollectionprocessde-1
279+scribedinparagraph(2)ofthatsubsection. 2
280+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
281+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Adjacent Federal 4
282+Property Act of 2023’’. 5
283+SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
284+In this Act: 7
285+(1) A
286+DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-8
287+trator’’ means the Administrator of General Services. 9
288+(2) B
289+ENEFICIAL OWNER.— 10
290+(A) I
291+N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘beneficial 11
292+owner’’, with respect to a covered entity, means 12
293+each natural person who, directly or indirectly, 13
294+through any contract, arrangement, under-14
295+standing, relationship, or otherwise— 15
296+(i) exercises substantial control over 16
297+the covered entity; or 17
298+(ii) owns or controls not less than 25 18
299+percent of the ownership interests of, or re-19
300+ceives substantial economic benefits from the 20
301+assets of, the covered entity. 21
35302 (B) E
36-XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘beneficial 21
37-owner’’, with respect to a covered entity, does 22
38-not include— 23
39-(i) a minor; 24 3
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303+XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘beneficial 22
304+owner’’, with respect to a covered entity, does not 23
305+include— 24
306+(i) a minor; 25
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41310 (ii) a person acting as a nominee, 1
42311 intermediary, custodian, or agent on behalf 2
43312 of another person; 3
44313 (iii) a person acting solely as an em-4
45314 ployee of the covered entity and whose con-5
46-trol over or economic benefits from the 6
47-covered entity derives solely from the em-7
48-ployment status of the person; 8
49-(iv) a person whose only interest in 9
50-the covered entity is through a right of in-10
51-heritance, unless the person also meets the 11
52-requirements of subparagraph (A); or 12
53-(v) a creditor of the covered entity, 13
54-unless the creditor also meets the require-14
55-ments of subparagraph (A). 15
315+trol over or economic benefits from the cov-6
316+ered entity derives solely from the employ-7
317+ment status of the person; 8
318+(iv) a person whose only interest in the 9
319+covered entity is through a right of inherit-10
320+ance, unless the person also meets the re-11
321+quirements of subparagraph (A); or 12
322+(v) a creditor of the covered entity, un-13
323+less the creditor also meets the requirements 14
324+of subparagraph (A). 15
56325 (C) A
57326 NTI-ABUSE RULE.—The exclusions 16
58327 under subparagraph (B) shall not apply if, in 17
59328 the determination of the Administrator, an ex-18
60329 clusion is used for the purpose of evading, cir-19
61330 cumventing, or abusing the requirements of this 20
62331 Act. 21
63332 (3) C
64-ONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’’, with re-22
65-spect to a covered entity, means— 23
66-(A) having the authority or ability to de-24
67-termine how the covered entity is utilized; or 25 4
68-†S 1868 ES
333+ONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’’, with respect 22
334+to a covered entity, means— 23
335+(A) having the authority or ability to deter-24
336+mine how the covered entity is utilized; or 25
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69340 (B) having some decisionmaking power for 1
70341 the use of the covered entity. 2
71342 (4) C
72-OVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-3
73-tity’’ means— 4
343+OVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti-3
344+ty’’ means— 4
74345 (A) a person, corporation, company, busi-5
75346 ness association, partnership, society, trust, or 6
76347 any other nongovernmental entity, organization, 7
77348 or group; or 8
78349 (B) any governmental entity or instrumen-9
79350 tality of a government. 10
80351 (5) E
81352 XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 11
82353 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 12
83354 105 of title 5, United States Code. 13
84355 (6) F
85-EDERAL AGENCY .—The term ‘‘Federal 14
86-agency’’ means— 15
356+EDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen-14
357+cy’’ means— 15
87358 (A) an Executive agency; and 16
88359 (B) any establishment in the legislative or 17
89360 judicial branch of the Federal Government. 18
90361 (7) F
91362 EDERAL LESSEE.— 19
92363 (A) I
93364 N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal les-20
94365 see’’ means— 21
95366 (i) the Administrator; 22
96-(ii) the Architect of the Capitol; and 23 5
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98371 (iii) the head of any other Federal 1
99-agency that has independent statutory 2
100-leasing authority. 3
372+agency that has independent statutory leas-2
373+ing authority. 3
101374 (B) E
102375 XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal les-4
103376 see’’ does not include— 5
104377 (i) the head of an element of the intel-6
105378 ligence community; or 7
106379 (ii) the Secretary of Defense. 8
107380 (8) F
108381 EDERAL TENANT.— 9
109382 (A) I
110383 N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal ten-10
111384 ant’’ means a Federal agency that is occupying 11
112385 or will occupy a high-security leased space for 12
113-which a lease agreement has been secured on 13
114-behalf of the Federal agency. 14
386+which a lease agreement has been secured on be-13
387+half of the Federal agency. 14
115388 (B) E
116389 XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Federal ten-15
117390 ant’’ does not include an element of the intel-16
118391 ligence community. 17
119392 (9) F
120-OREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘foreign enti-18
121-ty’’ means— 19
393+OREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘foreign entity’’ 18
394+means— 19
122395 (A) a corporation, company, business asso-20
123396 ciation, partnership, society, trust, or any other 21
124397 nongovernmental entity, organization, or group 22
125398 that is headquartered in or organized under the 23
126-laws of— 24 6
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128403 (i) a country that is not the United 1
129404 States; or 2
130405 (ii) a State, unit of local government, 3
131406 or Indian Tribe that is not located within 4
132407 or a territory of the United States; or 5
133408 (B) a government or governmental instru-6
134409 mentality that is not— 7
135410 (i) the United States Government; or 8
136411 (ii) a State, unit of local government, 9
137412 or Indian Tribe that is located within or a 10
138413 territory of the United States. 11
139414 (10) F
140-OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign 12
141-person’’ means an individual who is not a United 13
142-States person. 14
415+OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-12
416+son’’ means an individual who is not a United States 13
417+person. 14
143418 (11) H
144419 IGH-SECURITY LEASED ADJACENT 15
145420 SPACE.—The term ‘‘high-security leased adjacent 16
146-space’’ means a building or office space that shares 17
147-a boundary with or surrounds a high-security leased 18
421+space’’ means a building or office space that shares a 17
422+boundary with or surrounds a high-security leased 18
148423 space. 19
149424 (12) H
150-IGH-SECURITY LEASED SPACE .—The 20
151-term ‘‘high-security leased space’’ means a space 21
152-leased by a Federal lessee that— 22
425+IGH-SECURITY LEASED SPACE.—The term 20
426+‘‘high-security leased space’’ means a space leased by 21
427+a Federal lessee that— 22
153428 (A) will be occupied by Federal employees 23
154-for nonmilitary activities; and 24 7
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156433 (B) has a facility security level of III, IV, 1
157434 or V, as determined by the Federal tenant in 2
158-consultation with the Interagency Security 3
159-Committee, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-4
160-rity, and the Administrator. 5
435+consultation with the Interagency Security Com-3
436+mittee, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 4
437+the Administrator. 5
161438 (13) H
162-IGHEST-LEVEL OWNER .—The term 6
163-‘‘highest-level owner’’ means an entity that owns or 7
164-controls— 8
165-(A) an immediate owner of the offeror of 9
166-a lease for a high-security leased adjacent 10
167-space; or 11
168-(B) 1 or more entities that control an im-12
169-mediate owner of the offeror of a lease de-13
170-scribed in subparagraph (A). 14
439+IGHEST-LEVEL OWNER.—The term ‘‘high-6
440+est-level owner’’ means an entity that owns or con-7
441+trols— 8
442+(A) an immediate owner of the offeror of a 9
443+lease for a high-security leased adjacent space; or 10
444+(B) 1 or more entities that control an im-11
445+mediate owner of the offeror of a lease described 12
446+in subparagraph (A). 13
171447 (14) I
172-MMEDIATE OWNER .—The term ‘‘imme-15
173-diate owner’’ means an entity, other than the offeror 16
174-of a lease for a high-security leased adjacent space, 17
175-that has direct control of that offeror, including— 18
176-(A) ownership or interlocking management; 19
177-(B) identity of interests among family 20
178-members; 21
179-(C) shared facilities and equipment; and 22
180-(D) the common use of employees. 23
448+MMEDIATE OWNER.—The term ‘‘immediate 14
449+owner’’ means an entity, other than the offeror of a 15
450+lease for a high-security leased adjacent space, that 16
451+has direct control of that offeror, including— 17
452+(A) ownership or interlocking management; 18
453+(B) identity of interests among family 19
454+members; 20
455+(C) shared facilities and equipment; and 21
456+(D) the common use of employees. 22
181457 (15) I
182-NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 24
183-‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given the 25 8
184-†S 1868 ES
185-term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1
186-1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 2
458+NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term ‘‘in-23
459+telligence community’’ has the meaning given the 24
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462+•S 1868 RS
463+term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 1
464+(50 U.S.C. 3003). 2
187465 (16) S
188466 UBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS .—The 3
189-term ‘‘substantial economic benefits’’, with respect 4
190-to a natural person described in paragraph 5
191-(2)(A)(ii), means having an entitlement to the funds 6
192-or assets of a covered entity that, as a practical mat-7
193-ter, enables the person, directly or indirectly, to con-8
194-trol, manage, or direct the covered entity. 9
467+term ‘‘substantial economic benefits’’, with respect to 4
468+a natural person described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), 5
469+means having an entitlement to the funds or assets of 6
470+a covered entity that, as a practical matter, enables 7
471+the person, directly or indirectly, to control, manage, 8
472+or direct the covered entity. 9
195473 (17) U
196474 NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 10
197475 ‘‘United States person’’ means an individual who— 11
198476 (A) is a citizen of the United States; or 12
199477 (B) is an alien lawfully admitted for per-13
200478 manent residence in the United States. 14
201479 SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT-WIDE STUDY. 15
202480 (a) C
203-OORDINATIONSTUDY.—The Administrator, in 16
204-coordination with the Director of the Federal Protective 17
205-Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director 18
206-of the Office of Management and Budget, and any other 19
207-relevant entities, as determined by the Administrator, 20
208-shall carry out a Government-wide study examining op-21
209-tions to assist agencies (as defined in section 551 of title 22
210-5, United States Code) to produce a security assessment 23
211-process for high-security leased adjacent space before en-24
212-tering into a lease or novation agreement with a covered 25 9
213-†S 1868 ES
214-entity for the purposes of accommodating a Federal ten-1
215-ant located in a high-security leased space. 2
481+OORDINATIONSTUDY.—The Administrator, in co-16
482+ordination with the Director of the Federal Protective Serv-17
483+ice, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the 18
484+Office of Management and Budget, and any other relevant 19
485+entities, as determined by the Administrator, shall carry 20
486+out a Government-wide study examining options to assist 21
487+agencies (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States 22
488+Code) to produce a security assessment process for high-se-23
489+curity leased adjacent space before entering into a lease or 24
490+novation agreement with a covered entity for the purposes 25
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494+of accommodating a Federal tenant located in a high-secu-1
495+rity leased space. 2
216496 (b) C
217-ONTENTS.—The study required under sub-3
218-section (a)— 4
497+ONTENTS.—The study required under subsection 3
498+(a)— 4
219499 (1) shall evaluate how to produce a security as-5
220-sessment process that includes a process for assess-6
221-ing the threat level of each occupancy of a high-se-7
222-curity leased adjacent space, including through— 8
500+sessment process that includes a process for assessing 6
501+the threat level of each occupancy of a high-security 7
502+leased adjacent space, including through— 8
223503 (A) site-visits; 9
224504 (B) interviews; and 10
225-(C) any other relevant activities deter-11
226-mined necessary by the Director of the Federal 12
227-Protective Service; and 13
505+(C) any other relevant activities determined 11
506+necessary by the Director of the Federal Protec-12
507+tive Service; and 13
228508 (2) may include a process for collecting and 14
229509 using information on each immediate owner, highest- 15
230510 level owner, or beneficial owner of a covered entity 16
231511 that seeks to enter into a lease with a Federal lessee 17
232-for a high-security leased adjacent space, includ-18
233-ing— 19
234-(A) name; 20
235-(B) current residential or business street 21
236-address; and 22
237-(C) an identifying number or document 23
238-that verifies identity as a United States person, 24
239-a foreign person, or a foreign entity. 25 10
240-†S 1868 ES
241-(c) WORKINGGROUP.— 1
242-(1) I
243-N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 2
244-the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 3
245-in coordination with the Director of Federal Protec-4
246-tive Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 5
247-the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-6
248-et, and any other relevant entities, as determined by 7
249-the Administrator, shall establish a working group 8
250-to assist in the carrying out of the study required 9
251-under subsection (a). 10
512+for a high-security leased adjacent space, including— 18
513+(A) name; 19
514+(B) current residential or business street ad-20
515+dress; and 21
516+(C) an identifying number or document 22
517+that verifies identity as a United States person, 23
518+a foreign person, or a foreign entity. 24
519+(c) W
520+ORKINGGROUP.— 25
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523+•S 1868 RS
524+(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1
525+the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 2
526+in coordination with the Director of Federal Protec-3
527+tive Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 4
528+Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 5
529+and any other relevant entities, as determined by the 6
530+Administrator, shall establish a working group to as-7
531+sist in the carrying out of the study required under 8
532+subsection (a). 9
252533 (2) N
253-O COMPENSATION .—A member of the 11
254-working group established under paragraph (1) shall 12
255-receive no compensation as a result of serving on the 13
256-working group. 14
534+O COMPENSATION.—A member of the work-10
535+ing group established under paragraph (1) shall re-11
536+ceive no compensation as a result of serving on the 12
537+working group. 13
257538 (3) S
258-UNSET.—The working group established 15
259-under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date on 16
260-which the report required under subsection (f) is 17
261-submitted. 18
539+UNSET.—The working group established 14
540+under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date on 15
541+which the report required under subsection (f) is sub-16
542+mitted. 17
262543 (d) P
263-ROTECTION OFINFORMATION.—The Adminis-19
264-trator shall ensure that any information collected pursu-20
265-ant to the study required under subsection (a) shall not 21
266-be made available to the public. 22
544+ROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Adminis-18
545+trator shall ensure that any information collected pursuant 19
546+to the study required under subsection (a) shall not be made 20
547+available to the public. 21
267548 (e) L
268-IMITATION.—Nothing in this section requires an 23
269-entity located in the United States to provide information 24 11
270-†S 1868 ES
271-requested pursuant to the study required under subsection 1
272-(a). 2
273-(f) R
274-EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 3
275-of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordina-4
276-tion with the Director of Federal Protective Service, the 5
277-Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office 6
278-of Management and Budget, and any other relevant enti-7
279-ties, as determined by the Administrator, shall submit to 8
280-the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 9
281-Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-10
282-tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 11
283-a report describing— 12
284-(1) the results of the study required under sub-13
285-section (a); and 14
286-(2) how all applicable privacy laws and rights 15
287-relating to the First and Fourth Amendments to the 16
288-Constitution of the United States would be upheld 17
289-and followed in— 18
290-(A) the security assessment process de-19
291-scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (b); and 20
292-(B) the information collection process de-21
293-scribed in paragraph (2) of that subsection. 22
549+IMITATION.—Nothing in this section requires an 22
550+entity located in the United States to provide information 23
551+requested pursuant to the study required under subsection 24
552+(a). 25
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556+(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 1
557+enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination 2
558+with the Director of Federal Protective Service, the Sec-3
559+retary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of 4
560+Management and Budget, and any other relevant entities, 5
561+as determined by the Administrator, shall submit to the 6
562+Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-7
563+fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 8
564+and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report 9
565+describing— 10
566+(1) the results of the study required under sub-11
567+section (a); and 12
568+(2) how all applicable privacy laws and rights 13
569+relating to the First and Fourth Amendments to the 14
570+Constitution of the United States would be upheld 15
571+and followed in— 16
572+(A) the security assessment process described 17
573+in paragraph (1) of subsection (b); and 18
574+(B) the information collection process de-19
575+scribed in paragraph (2) of that subsection. 20
294576 (g) L
295-IMITATION.—Nothing in this section authorizes 23
296-a Federal entity to mandate information gathering unless 24
297-specifically authorized by law. 25 12
298-†S 1868 ES
299-(h) PROHIBITION.—No information collected pursu-1
300-ant the security assessment process described in sub-2
301-section (b)(1) may be used for law enforcement purposes. 3
577+IMITATION.—Nothing in this section authorizes a 21
578+Federal entity to mandate information gathering unless 22
579+specifically authorized by law. 23
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583+(h) PROHIBITION.—No information collected pursuant 1
584+the security assessment process described in subsection 2
585+(b)(1) may be used for law enforcement purposes. 3
302586 (i) N
303587 OADDITIONALFUNDING.—No additional funds 4
304588 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section. 5
305-Passed the Senate December 5, 2024.
306-Attest:
307-Secretary. 118
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308593 TH
309594 CONGRESS
310595 1
311596 ST
312597 S
313598 ESSION
314599
315600 S. 1868
316-AN ACT
601+[Report No. 118–82]
602+A BILL
317603 To require an interagency study to produce a secu-
318604 rity assessment process on adjacent space to
319605 high-security leased space to accommodate a
320606 Federal agency, and for other purposes.
607+J
608+ULY
609+27, 2023
610+Reported with an amendment
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