Federal Building Threat Notification Act
Officially: “Federal Building Threat Notification Act” Read the full text
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1Short title
This section gives the Act its official name, the Federal Building Threat Notification Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Building Threat Notification Act .
2Guidance for buildings
This section defines "life safety events" as events to which first responders, including law enforcement, fire and emergency rescue personnel, and natural disaster experts, deploy. It would require the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Federal Protective Service, not later than 1 year after the bill becomes law, to develop and distribute emergency communication guidance for building facility security committees to use in any case where life safety events threaten federal buildings that the General Services Administration owns and operates under the protection of the Federal Protective Service. The guidance must include best practices and protocols covering standard operating procedures to inform building tenants of threats to the building or its occupants, and instructions for safety practices in response to threats or a heightened risk to the building and its occupants. The designated official of the facility security committee for each federal building that the General Services Administration owns or operates under Federal Protective Service protection would be responsible for implementing the guidance at that building. Not later than 18 months after the bill becomes law, the Administrator of General Services would have to electronically submit to Congress a report on the best practices and protocols implemented under the Act.
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2. Guidance for buildings (a) Life safety events defined In this section, the term life safety events means events to which first responders, including law enforcement, fire and emergency rescue, and natural disaster experts, deploy. (b) Guidance (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Federal Protective Service shall develop and disseminate emergency communication guidance for building facility security committees to execute in any case in which life safety events threaten Federal buildings owned and operated by the Administrator of General Services under the protection of the Federal Protective Service. (2) Contents The guidance developed under paragraph (1) shall include best practices and protocols relating to— (A) standard operating procedures to inform building tenants of threats to the buildings or occupants of the buildings; and (B) instructions for safety practices in response to threats or a heightened risk to the building and the occupants of the building. (c) Security officials The designated official of the facility security committee for each Federal building that is owned or operated by the General Services Administration under the protection of the Federal Protective Service shall be responsible for implementing the guidance at the respective building. (d) Report Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall electronically submit to Congress a report on the best practices and protocols implemented under this Act.
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