Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 14, 2016.  Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the General Services Administration (GSA), to submit information on the implementation of the enhanced plan for the DHS 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 FY2016, that includes:  a proposed occupancy plan that includes specific information about which DHS-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; a comprehensive assessment of the difference between the current real property and facilities needed by DHS in the Region to carry out its mission and its future needs; an analysis of the difference between the current and needed capital assets and facilities of DHS; a current plan for construction of the headquarters consolidation at the St. Elizabeths campus that includes the estimated costs and schedule for the current plan and any estimated cost savings associated with reducing the scope of the project and increasing the use of existing capacity developed under the project; a current plan for the leased portfolio of DHS in the Region that includes an end-state vision that identifies which DHS-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, the number of full-time equivalent employees who are expected to operate at each property, component, or office for each year until the consolidation project is completed, the anticipated total rentable square feet leased per year between the date of this Act's enactment and the date on which the consolidation project is completed, and the timing and anticipated lease terms for leased space; and an analysis that identifies the costs and benefits of leasing and construction alternatives for the remainder of the consolidation project, including a comparison of the long-term cost that would result from leasing to the cost of consolidating functions on government-owned space and 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.   The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the quality and reliability of the cost and schedule estimates submitted and report on the results.

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.