You're encountering the same issue I did... perhaps I'm the LCD here... ;)

Check out results for /usr/local/bin below. I ran the following to ensure everything is root before testing:
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo bash
[root@SSG-RHEL6 checks]# DIRS="/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin"
[root@SSG-RHEL6 checks]# for dirPath in $DIRS; do
>           find $dirPath \! -user root -exec chown root '{}' \;
>   done
[root@SSG-RHEL6 checks]# exit
exit
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsU1mqUp.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsU1mqUp.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: true
Evaluation done.





On 10/1/13 10:06 AM, Caleb Cooper wrote:
Signed-off-by: Caleb Cooper <coopercd@ornl.gov>
---
 RHEL6/input/checks/file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml |  163 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 RHEL6/input/checks/file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml

diff --git a/RHEL6/input/checks/file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml b/RHEL6/input/checks/file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b787191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RHEL6/input/checks/file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+<def-group>
+  <definition class="compliance" id="file_ownership_binary_dirs" version="1">
+    <metadata>
+      <title>Verify that System Executables Have Root Ownership</title>
+      <affected family="unix">
+        <platform>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6</platform>
+      </affected>
+      <description>Checks that /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin and objects therein, are owned by root</description>
+      <reference source="swells" ref_id="20130914" ref_url="test_attestation" />
+    </metadata>
+    <criteria operator="AND">
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_bin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_sbin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_bin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_sbin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_local_bin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_local_bin_dir" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_bin_files" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_sbin_files" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_bin_files" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_sbin_files" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_local_sbin_files" />
+      <criterion test_ref="test_ownership_usr_local_sbin_files" />
+    </criteria>
+  </definition>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/bin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_bin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="file_ownership_object_bin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/bin files uid root" id="test_ownership_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_bin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/lib directories" id="file_ownership_object_bin_dir" version="1">

Minor note: lib/bin in comment


+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/bin files" id="object_file_ownership_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+   <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+



.... testing for non-root under /bin......
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown shawn:shawn /bin/awk
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirs6eQhsR.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirs6eQhsR.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: false
Evaluation done.




+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/sbin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_sbin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/sbin files uid root" id="test_ownership_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_sbin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/sbin directories" id="object_file_ownership_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/sbin files" id="object_file_ownership_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>


..... testing for non-root under /sbin .....
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/filetest
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown shawn:shawn /sbin/addpart
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsu4wrQh.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsu4wrQh.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: false
Evaluation done.


+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/bin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_bin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_bin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/bin files uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_bin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/bin directories" id="object_file_ownership_usr_bin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+	<filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/bin files" id="object_file_ownership_usr_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>  


..... testing for non-root under /usr/bin .....
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown root:root /bin/awk
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown shawn:shawn /usr/bin/a2p
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirs2wHH6V.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirs2wHH6V.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: false
Evaluation done.



+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/sbin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_sbin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/sbin files uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_sbin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/sbin directories" id="object_file_ownership_usr_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+	<filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/sbin files" id="object_file_ownership_usr_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>



..... testing for non-root under /usr/sbin .....
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown root:root /sbin/addpart
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown shawn:shawn /usr/sbin/accept
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsddwRzZ.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsddwRzZ.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: false
Evaluation done.



+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/local/bin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_local_bin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_local_bin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/local/bin files uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_local_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_local_bin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/local/bin directories" id="object_file_ownership_usr_local_bin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/local/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+   <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>


..... testing for non-root under /usr/local/bin .....
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo touch /usr/local/bin/filetest ; sudo chown shawn:shawn /usr/local/bin/filetest
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/a2p
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsno1sSt.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirsno1sSt.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: true
Evaluation done.
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ll /usr/local/bin/filetest
-rw-r--r--. 1 shawn shawn 0 Oct  1 00:09 /usr/local/bin/filetest




+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/local/bin files" id="object_file_ownership_usr_local_bin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/local/bin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+  
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/local/sbin directories uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_local_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_local_sbin_dir" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_test  check="all" check_existence="none_exist" comment="/usr/local/sbin files uid root" id="test_ownership_usr_local_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:object object_ref="object_file_ownership_usr_local_sbin_files" />
+  </unix:file_test>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/local/sbin directories" id="object_file_ownership_usr_local_sbin_dir" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/local/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename xsi:nil="true" />
+   <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>
+
+  <unix:file_object comment="/usr/local/sbin files" id="object_file_ownership_usr_local_sbin_files" version="1">
+    <unix:behaviors recurse="directories" recurse_direction="down" max_depth="-1" recurse_file_system="all" />
+    <unix:path operation="equals">/usr/local/sbin</unix:path>
+    <unix:filename operation="pattern match">^.*$</unix:filename>
+    <filter action="include">state_owner_not_root</filter>
+  </unix:file_object>


..... testing for non-root under /usr/local/sbin .....
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo chown root:root /usr/sbin/accept
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ sudo touch /usr/local/sbin/test ; sudo chown shawn:shawn /usr/local/sbin/test
[shawn@SSG-RHEL6 checks]$ ./testcheck.py file_ownership_binary_dirs.xml
Evaluating with OVAL tempfile : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirszY6fXL.xml
Writing results to : /tmp/file_ownership_binary_dirszY6fXL.xml-results
Definition oval:scap-security-guide.testing:def:261: false
Evaluation done.



+
+  <unix:file_state id="state_owner_not_root" version="1" operator="OR">
+<!--    <unix:group_id datatype="int" operation="not equal">0</unix:group_id> -->
+    <unix:user_id datatype="int" operation="not equal">0</unix:user_id>
+  </unix:file_state>
+</def-group>