Sec. 5603. Government-wide study
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The Administrator, in coordination with the Director of the Federal Protective Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and any other relevant entities, as determined by the Administrator, shall carry out a Government-wide study examining options to assist agencies (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code) to produce a security assessment process for high-security leased adjacent space before entering into a lease or novation agreement with a covered entity for the purposes of accommodating a Federal tenant located in a high-security leased space.
The study required under subsection (a)— shall evaluate how to produce a security assessment process that includes a process for assessing the threat level of each occupancy of a high-security leased adjacent space, including through— site-visits; interviews; and any other relevant activities determined necessary by the Director of the Federal Protective Service; and may include a process for collecting and using information on each immediate owner, highest-level owner, or beneficial owner of a covered entity that seeks to enter into a lease with a Federal lessee for a high-security leased adjacent space, including— name; current residential or business street address; and an identifying number or document that verifies identity as a United States person, a foreign person, or a foreign entity.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination with the Director of Federal Protective Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and any other relevant entities, as determined by the Administrator, shall establish a working group to assist in the carrying out of the study required under subsection (a). A member of the working group established under paragraph
(1)shall receive no compensation as a result of serving on the working group. The working group established under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date on which the report required under subsection
(f)is submitted. The Administrator shall ensure that any information collected pursuant to the study required under subsection
(a)shall not be made available to the public. Nothing in this section requires an entity located in the United States to provide information requested pursuant to the study required under subsection (a). Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination with the Director of Federal Protective Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and any other relevant entities, as determined by the Administrator, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing— the results of the study required under subsection (a); and how all applicable privacy laws and rights relating to the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be upheld and followed in— the security assessment process described in paragraph
(1)of subsection (b); and the information collection process described in paragraph
(2)of that subsection. Nothing in this section authorizes a Federal entity to mandate information gathering unless specifically authorized by law. No information collected pursuant the security assessment process described in subsection (b)(1) may be used for law enforcement purposes. No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.