3.0.0 2190 2023-01-11T13:35:55Z 2023-01-11T13:35:55Z House HR 2017-04-27 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 72 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RUTHERFORD:H.R. 2190.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H2941]]]> ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-21T17:26:49Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Reported by 2017-06-20T16:33:42Z Markup by 2017-05-03T14:24:00Z Referred to 2017-04-27T14:02:15Z H. Rept. 115-184 2017-06-21 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-06-20 19:17:05 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-06-20 19:16:58 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4982-4983) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2017-06-20 19:16:58 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4982-4983) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-20 19:11:56 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2190. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-06-20 19:11:52 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4982-4984) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-06-20 19:11:37 Mr. Rutherford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-06-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 125. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00125 2017-06-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-184. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-06-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-184. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-05-03 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2017-05-03 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000609 Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] John Rutherford R FL H. 4 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2017-05-11 False 2017-06-20T18:10:00Z H.R. 2190, Streamlining DHS Overhead Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52830 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 3, 2017 Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security District of Columbia Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Maryland Virginia Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in House 2017-09-12T21:41:24Z Streamlining DHS Overhead Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), who shall: (1) develop policies and procedures and provide program oversight to manage DHS property, equipment, and material resources; and (2) manage and execute mission support services within the National Capital Region for DHS real property, facilities, headquarters, and field activities.

DHS shall develop: (1) an initial five-year regional real property strategy, which shall be geographically organized; (2) a subsequent five-year real property strategy; and (3) a department-wide policy implementing such strategies.

Such strategies shall, among other things:

  • identify opportunities to consolidate real property, optimize the usage of federal assets, and decrease the number of commercial leases and square footage within DHS's real property portfolio;
  • provide alternate housing and consolidation plans to increase efficiency through joint use of DHS spaces while decreasing the reliance on and cost of leased space;
  • concentrate on geographical areas with a significant DHS presence; and
  • prioritize actions to be taken to improve the operations and management of DHS's real property inventory based on life-cycle cost estimations.

The implementation policies shall require components: (1) to certify to DHS that such components have investigated all possibilities related to co-locating, consolidating, or partnering with other components before making any major real property acquisition or recommendation; and (2) acting through regional property managers, to report annually to DHS on underutilized space and identify space that may be made available for use by other components or federal or state agencies through reimbursable or other agreements.

Each component shall identify a senior career employee to serve as the property manager for each geographic region.

]]> 36 2017-06-20 Passed House amended 2017-09-13T14:20:02Z Streamlining DHS Overhead Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), who shall: (1) develop policies and procedures and provide program oversight to manage DHS property, equipment, and material resources; (2) manage and execute mission support services within the National Capital Region for DHS real property, facilities, headquarters, and field activities; and (3) provide tactical and transactional services for DHS.

DHS shall develop: (1) an initial five-year regional real property strategy, which shall be geographically organized; (2) a subsequent five-year real property strategy; and (3) a department-wide policy implementing such strategies.

The initial five-year strategy shall:

  • identify opportunities to consolidate real property, optimize the usage of federal assets, and decrease the number of commercial leases and square footage within DHS's real property portfolio;
  • provide alternate housing and consolidation plans to increase efficiency through joint use of DHS spaces while decreasing the reliance on and cost of leased space;
  • concentrate on geographical areas with a significant DHS presence;
  • examine the establishment of central DHS locations in each such geographical region and the co-location of DHS components based on their mission sets and responsibilities;
  • identify opportunities to reduce overhead costs through co-location or consolidation of real property interests or mission support activities;
  • manage the current Department Workspace Standard for Office Space in accordance with the DHS office workspace design process to develop the most efficient and effective spaces within the workspace standard net usable square foot ranges for all leases for office space entered into after enactment of this bill;
  • define, based on square footage, what constitutes a major real property acquisition; and
  • prioritize actions to be taken to improve the operations and management of DHS's real property inventory, based on life-cycle cost estimations.

The second five-year strategy shall contain related information, including: (1) the impact of such implementation on departmental operations and costs; and (2) the degree to which DHS established central DHS locations and co-located DHS components pursuant to the results of the required examination.

The implementation policies shall require components: (1) to certify to DHS that such components have complied with specified requirements before making any major real property decision or recommendation; and (2) acting through regional property managers, to report annually to DHS on underutilized space and identify space that may be made available for use by other components or federal agencies.

DHS may grant an exception to the workspace standard usable square foot ranges for specific office locations at which a reduction or elimination of otherwise underutilized space would negatively impact a component's ability to execute its mission based on readiness performance measures or would increase the cost of such space.

Each component shall identify a senior career employee to serve as the property manager for each geographic region. Each such manager shall: (1) serve as a single point of contact for DHS headquarters and other DHS components for real property matters, (2) provide data and any other support necessary for the DHS Regional Mission Support Coordinator strategic asset and portfolio planning and execution, and (3) provide to DHS annually data on each component's real property holdings.

DHS shall: (1) monitor components' adherence to the regional real property strategies and implementation policies; (2) annually review the data submitted to ensure all underutilized space is properly identified; (3) review and, if appropriate, approve component certifications before such components may make any major real property decision; and (4) annually provide information to Congress and to the Inspector General of DHS on its real property portfolio.

The Inspector General shall review the information submitted and issue findings regarding the effectiveness of the implementation of the DHS-wide policy and oversight efforts of the management of real property facilities, personal property, mobile assets, requirement and DHS's other material resources.

]]> Streamlining DHS Overhead Act Display Title Streamlining DHS Overhead Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to make certain improvements in managing the Department's real property portfolio, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Streamlining DHS Overhead Act Short Titles as Reported to House Streamlining DHS Overhead Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Streamlining DHS Overhead Act H House Referred in Senate 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2190rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr2190rfs.xml Reported in House 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2190rh/xml/BILLS-115hr2190rh.xml Engrossed in House 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2190eh/xml/BILLS-115hr2190eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2190ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2190ih.xml 2017-06-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.