Sec. 5. Report on the feasibility of federalizing the protective service guard workforce
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility of federalizing the protective service guard workforce. The Secretary shall provide the report prepared under this section to a qualified consultant for review and comment before submitting the report to the appropriate congressional committees. The Secretary shall provide the comments of the qualified consultant to the appropriate congressional committee with the report.
The report under this section shall include an evaluation of— converting in its entirety, or in part, the protective service guard workforce into full-time Federal employees; the option of posting a full-time equivalent Federal protective service law enforcement officer at each level 3 or 4 Federal facility, as determined by the Interagency Security Committee, that on the date of enactment of this Act has a protective service guard stationed at the facility; the potential increase in security of any option evaluated under paragraph
(1)and (2); the immediate and projected costs of any option evaluated under paragraph
(1)and (2); the immediate and projected costs of maintaining the current level of protective service guards and full-time Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers; a comparison of similar conversions of large groups of contracted workers and potential benefits and challenges.