Calendar No. 831
110th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session                                                     110-397

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  DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2009

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                 June 23, 2008.--Ordered to be printed

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          Ms. Mikulski, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

                         [To accompany S. 3182]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3182) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, reports 
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.

    
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    FBI Headquarters Building.--The Committee is concerned that 
the limitations of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which has not 
had any major structural improvements since it was opened in 
1974, could affect the FBI's ability to fulfill its mission. 
The building is inadequate for the current FBI Headquarters 
workforce, causing dispersal of FBI staff in to over 16 annex 
offices. The building also lacks adequate setback and other 
security features, which puts FBI operations and personnel at 
unacceptable risk. The Hoover Building does not meet the 
Interagency Security Committee's criteria for a secure Federal 
facility capable of handling intelligence and other sensitive 
information. The Committee finds these conditions unacceptable 
and directs the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to 
review the Hoover Building and associated off-site locations, 
and provide a analysis of the FBI's ability to fulfill its 
mission and security requirements under the present 
circumstances. The GAO study should also assess the benefits of 
a consolidated Headquarters facility.

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