Sec. 5. Evaluation of Federal Protective Service Personnel Needs
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and after review by a qualified consultant pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the personnel needs of the Federal Protective Service that includes recommendations on the numbers of Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers and the workforce composition of the Federal Protective Service needed to carry out the mission of such Service during the 10-fiscal-year period beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
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— 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 security officer stationed at the facility; the potential increase in security of any option evaluated under subparagraph (A); the immediate and projected costs of any option evaluated under such subparagraph; and the immediate and projected costs of maintaining the current level of protective security officers and full-time Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the best method of funding for the Federal Protective Service, which shall include recommendations regarding whether the Federal Protective Service should— continue to be funded by a collection of fees and security charges; be funded by appropriations; or be funded by a combination of fees, security charges, and appropriations.