S.Amdt. 460

SA 460. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part III of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add
the following:

SEC. 2853. REVISION OF UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA ON USE OF
LIFE SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY HARDWARE FOR COVERED
DOORS IN HOUSING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall amend the
Unified Facilities Criteria and Department of Defense
Building Code (UFC 1-200-01) to update applicable
specifications, guidance, and technical documentation
relating to the construction, renovation, replacement, or
other retrofit of a covered door to ensure that life safety
accessibility hardware is used for such construction,
renovation, replacement, or other retrofit.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered door.--The term ``covered door'' means a door
to--
(A) a sensitive compartmented information facility,
including a sensitive compartmented information facility in
which information designated as sensitive compartmented
information is stored and processed; or
(B) any other room or facility in which information
designated as sensitive compartmented information--
(i) is used, handled, discussed, or processed; or
(ii) is stored in approved security containers.
(2) Life safety accessibility hardware.--The term ``life
safety accessibility hardware'' means a secure locking device
that require less than five pounds of force to open.
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