[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1638 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1638
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen
An Act
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress
information on the Department of Homeland Security headquarters
consolidation project in the National Capital Region, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security
Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS
CONSOLIDATION PROJECT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the
Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress
information on the implementation of the enhanced plan for the
Department headquarters consolidation project within the National
Capital Region, approved by the Office of Management and Budget and
included in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2016 (as
submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code), that includes the following:
(1) A proposed occupancy plan for the consolidation project
that includes specific information about which Department-wide
operations, component operations, and support offices will be
located at the site, the aggregate number of full time equivalent
employees projected to occupy the site, the seat-to-staff ratio at
the site, and schedule estimates for migrating operations to the
site.
(2) A comprehensive assessment of the difference between the
current real property and facilities needed by the Department in
the National Capital Region in order to carry out the mission of
the Department and the future needs of the Department.
(3) A current plan for construction of the headquarters
consolidation at the St. Elizabeths campus that includes--
(A) the estimated costs and schedule for the current plan,
which shall conform to relevant Federal guidance for cost and
schedule estimates, consistent with the recommendation of the
Government Accountability Office in the September 2014 report
entitled ``Federal Real Property: DHS and GSA Need to
Strengthen the Management of DHS Headquarters Consolidation''
(GAO-14-648); and
(B) any estimated cost savings associated with reducing the
scope of the consolidation project and increasing the use of
existing capacity developed under the project.
(4) A current plan for the leased portfolio of the Department
in the National Capital Region that includes--
(A) an end-state vision that identifies which Department-
wide operations, component operations, and support offices do
not migrate to the St. Elizabeths campus and continue to
operate at a property in the leased portfolio;
(B) for each year until the consolidation project is
completed, the number of full-time equivalent employees who are
expected to operate at each property, component, or office;
(C) the anticipated total rentable square feet leased per
year during the period beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act and ending on the date on which the consolidation
project is completed; and
(D) timing and anticipated lease terms for leased space
under the plan referred to in paragraph (3).
(5) An analysis that identifies the costs and benefits of
leasing and construction alternatives for the remainder of the
consolidation project that includes--
(A) a comparison of the long-term cost that would result
from leasing as compared to consolidating functions on
Government-owned space; and
(B) the identification of any cost impacts in terms of
premiums for short-term lease extensions or holdovers due to
the uncertainty of funding for, or delays in, completing
construction required for the consolidation.
(b) Comptroller General Review.--
(1) Review required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall review the cost and schedule estimates submitted under
subsection (a) to evaluate the quality and reliability of the
estimates.
(2) Assessment.--Not later than 90 days after the submittal of
the cost and schedule estimates under subsection (a), the
Comptroller General shall report to the appropriate committees of
Congress on the results of the review required under paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
General Services.
(2) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate.
(3) The term ``Department'' means the Department of Homeland
Security.
(4) The term ``National Capital Region'' has the meaning given
the term under section 2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
(5) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.