Directs the Federal Protective Service to set up processes that strengthen oversight, performance, and accountability of contract security guards protecting federal buildings, including covert testing and a review of its guard tracking system.

• Requires the Federal Protective Service to establish these oversight processes within 1 year of enactment for buildings owned, occupied, or secured by the General Services Administration.
• Requires standards for covert testing data, quarterly reviews to spot recurring failures, and a mandatory cause-specific training and performance improvement plan for guards who fail a covert test.
• Requires a review of the personnel tracking system within 180 days, a decision on replacing or fixing it, and procedures for telling building tenants about guard shortages or coverage gaps.
• Requires yearly reports to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and states that contract guards are not made federal employees.

• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)

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