[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2190 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2190
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2017
Mr. Rutherford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security
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A BILL
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.
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 ``Streamlining DHS Overhead Act''.
SEC. 2. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES.
(a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sections:
``SEC. 710. CHIEF FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS OFFICER.
``(a) In General.--There is a Chief Facilities and Logistics
Officer of the Department who shall report directly to the Under
Secretary for Management. The Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer
shall be career reserved for a member of the senior executive service.
``(b) Responsibilities.--The Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer
shall--
``(1) develop policies and procedures and provide program
oversight to manage real property, facilities, personal
property, mobile assets, equipment, and other material
resources of the Department; and
``(2) manage and execute, in consultation with the
component heads, mission support services within the National
Capital Region for real property, facilities, and other common
headquarters and field activities for the Department.
``SEC. 711. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) First strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary for
Management shall develop an initial 5-year regional real
property strategy for the Department that covers the five
fiscal years immediately following such date of enactment. Such
strategy shall be geographically organized, as designated by
the Under Secretary for Management.
``(2) Second strategy.--Not later than the first day of the
fourth fiscal year covered by the first strategy under
paragraph (1), the Under Secretary for Management shall develop
a second 5-year real property strategy for the Department that
covers the five fiscal years immediately following the
conclusion of such first strategy.
``(b) Requirements.--The real property strategies developed in
accordance with subsection (a) shall--
``(1) identify opportunities to consolidate real property,
optimize the usage of Federal assets, and decrease the demand
for and number of commercial leases and square footage within
the Department's real property portfolio;
``(2) provide alternate housing and consolidation plans to
increase efficiency through joint use of Department spaces
while decreasing the reliance on and cost of leased space;
``(3) concentrate on geographical areas with a significant
Department presence, as identified by the Under Secretary for
Management;
``(4) examine the establishment of central Department
locations in each such geographical region and the co-location
of Department components based on the mission sets and
responsibilities of such components;
``(5) identify opportunities to reduce overhead costs
through co-location or consolidation of real property interests
or mission support activities, such as shared mail screening
and processing, centralized transportation and shuttle
services, regional transit benefit programs, common contracting
for custodial and other services, and leveraging strategic
sourcing contracts and sharing of specialized facilities, such
as training facilities and resources;
``(6) manage the current Department Workspace Standard for
Office Space in accordance with the Department office workspace
design process to develop the most efficient and effective
spaces within the workspace standard net usable square foot
ranges for all leased for office space entered into on or after
the date of the enactment of this section, including the
renewal of any leases for office space existing as of such
date;
``(7) define, based on square footage, what constitutes a
major real property acquisition;
``(8) prioritize actions to be taken to improve the
operations and management of the Department's real property
inventory, based on life-cycle cost estimations, in
consultation with component heads; and
``(9) include any additional information determined
appropriate or relevant by the Under Secretary for Management.
``(c) Implementation Policies.--Not later than 90 days after the
development of each of the regional real property strategies developed
in accordance with subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Management
shall develop or update, as applicable, a Department-wide policy
implementing such strategies.
``(d) Certifications.--Subject to subsection (g)(3), the
implementation policies developed pursuant to subsection (c) shall
require component heads to certify to the Under Secretary for
Management that such heads have investigated all possibilities related
to co-locating, consolidating, or partnering with other components
before making any major real property acquisition or recommendation, as
defined by the Under Secretary, including entering into any new leases,
renewing any existing leases, or agreeing to extend or newly occupy any
Federal space or new construction, in accordance with the applicable
regional real property strategy developed in accordance with subsection
(a).
``(e) Underutilized Space.--
``(1) In general.--The implementing policies developed
pursuant to subsection (c) shall require component heads,
acting through regional property managers under subsection (f),
to annually report to the Under Secretary for Management on
underutilized space and identify space that may be made
available for use, as applicable, by other components or
Federal or State agencies through reimbursable or other
agreements.
``(2) Exception.--The Under Secretary for Management may
grant an exception to the workspace standard net usable square
foot ranges described in subsection (b)(6) 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.
``(3) Underutilized space defined.--In this subsection, the
term `underutilized space' means any space with respect to
which utilization is greater than the workplace standard net
usable square foot ranges pursuant to subsection (b)(6).
``(f) Component Responsibilities.--
``(1) Regional property managers.--Each component head
shall identify a senior career employee of each such component
for each geographic region included in the regional real
property strategies developed in accordance with subsection (a)
to serve as each such component's regional property manager.
Each such regional property manager shall serve as a single
point of contact for Department headquarters and other
Department components for all real property matters relating to
each such component within the region in which each such
component is located, and (b) provide data and any other
support necessary for the DHS Regional Mission Support
Coordinator strategic asset and portfolio planning and
execution.
``(2) Data.--Regional property managers under paragraph (1)
shall provide quarterly to the Under Secretary for Management,
via a standardized and centralized system, data on each
component's real property holdings, as specified by the
Undersecretary for Management, including relating to
underutilized space under subsection (e) (as such term is
defined in such subsection), total square footage leased,
annual cost, and total number of staff, for each geographic
region included in the regional real property strategies
developed in accordance with subsection (a).
``(g) Ongoing Oversight.--
``(1) In general.--The Under Secretary for Management shall
monitor components' adherence to the regional real property
strategies developed in accordance with subsection (a) and the
implementation policies developed pursuant to subsection (c).
``(2) Annual review.--The Under Secretary for Management
shall annually review the data submitted pursuant to subsection
(f)(2) to ensure all underutilized space (as such term is
defined in subsection (e)) is properly identified.
``(3) Certification review.--The Under Secretary for
Management shall review, and if appropriate, approve, component
certifications under subsection (d) before such components may
make any major real property acquisition, including entering
into any new leases, renewing any existing leases, or agreeing
to extend or newly occupy any Federal space or new
construction, in accordance with the applicable regional real
property strategy developed in accordance with subsection (a).
``(4) Congressional reporting.--The Under Secretary for
Management shall annually provide information to the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate on the Department's real property portfolio, including
information relating to the following:
``(A) A summary of the Department's real property
holdings in each region described in the regional
strategies developed in accordance with subsection (a),
and for each such property, information including the
total square footage leased, the total cost, the total
number of staff at each such property, and the square
foot per person utilization rate for office space (and
whether or not such conforms with the workspace
standard net usable square foot ranges established
pursuant to subsection (b)(6)).
``(B) An accounting of all underutilized space (as
such term is defined in subsection (e)).
``(C) An accounting of all instances in which the
Department or its components consolidated their real
property holdings or co-located with another entity
within the Department.
``(D) A list of all certifications provided
pursuant to subsection (d) and all such certifications
approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of this
subsection.''.
(b) Reporting.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate copies of the regional strategies developed in accordance with
section 710(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by
subsection (a) of this section) not later than 90 days after the date
of the development of each such strategy.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 709 the following new items:
``Sec. 710. Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer.
``Sec. 711. Long term real property strategies.''.
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