Streamlining DHS Overhead Act

Summary: 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. 

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;
            ``(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; and
            ``(3) provide tactical and transactional services for the 
        Department, including transportation, facility operations, and 
        maintenance.

``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.--
            ``(1) Initial strategy.--The initial 5-year strategy 
        developed in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) identify opportunities to consolidate real 
                property, optimize the usage of Federal assets, and 
                decrease the number of commercial leases and square 
                footage within the Department's real property 
                portfolio;
                    ``(B) provide alternate housing and consolidation 
                plans to increase efficiency through joint use of 
                Department spaces while decreasing the cost of leased 
                space;
                    ``(C) concentrate on geographical areas with a 
                significant Department presence, as identified by the 
                Under Secretary for Management;
                    ``(D) 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;
                    ``(E) 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;
                    ``(F) 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 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;
                    ``(G) define, based on square footage, what 
                constitutes a major real property acquisition;
                    ``(H) 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
                    ``(I) include any additional information determined 
                appropriate or relevant by the Under Secretary for 
                Management.
            ``(2) Second strategy.--The second 5-year strategy 
        developed in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 
        shall include information required in subparagraphs (A), (B), 
        (C), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) of paragraph (1) and 
        information on the effectiveness of implementation efforts 
        pursuant to the Department-wide policy required in accordance 
        with subsection (c), including--
                    ``(A) the impact of such implementation on 
                departmental operations and costs; and
                    ``(B) the degree to which the Department 
                established central Department locations and co-located 
                Department components pursuant to the results of the 
                examination required by subparagraph (D) of paragraph 
                (1).
    ``(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 complied with the requirements 
specified in subsection (b) before making any major real property 
decision or recommendation, as defined by the Under Secretary, 
including matters related to new leased space, 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 agencies.
            ``(2) Exception.--The Under Secretary for Management may 
        grant an exception to the workspace standard usable square foot 
        ranges described in subsection (b)(1)(F) 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.
            ``(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 usable 
        square foot ranges pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(F).
    ``(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 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 annually 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 decision, including matters 
        related to new leased space, 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 and Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
        on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
        and the Inspector General of the Department 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 usable square foot ranges established pursuant 
                to subsection (b)(1)(F)).
                    ``(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.
            ``(5) Inspector general review.--Not later than 120 days 
        after the last day of the fifth fiscal year covered in each of 
        the initial and second regional real property strategies 
        developed in accordance with subsection (a), the Inspector 
        General of the Department shall review the information 
        submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) and issue findings 
        regarding the effectiveness of the implementation of the 
        Department-wide policy and oversight efforts of the management 
        of real property facilities, personal property, mobile assets, 
        equipment and the Department's other material resources as 
        required under this section.''.
    (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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.