115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2190 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining DHS 

3 Overhead Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu6 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new sections: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 710. CHIEF FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS OFFICER. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is a Chief Facilities and 

10 Logistics Officer of the Department who shall report di11 rectly to the Under Secretary for Management. The Chief 

12 Facilities and Logistics Officer shall be career reserved for 

13 a member of the senior executive service. 

14 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Facilities and 

15 Logistics Officer shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) develop policies and procedures and pro17 vide program oversight to manage real property, fa18 cilities, personal property, mobile assets, equipment, 

19 and other material resources of the Department; 

20 ‘‘(2) manage and execute, in consultation with 

21 the component heads, mission support services with22 in the National Capital Region for real property, fa23 cilities, and other common headquarters and field 

24 activities for the Department; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) provide tactical and transactional services 

2 for the Department, including transportation, facil3 ity operations, and maintenance. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 711. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) FIRST STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 

8 the Under Secretary for Management shall develop 

9 an initial 5-year regional real property strategy for 

10 the Department that covers the five fiscal years im11 mediately following such date of enactment. Such 

12 strategy shall be geographically organized, as des13 ignated by the Under Secretary for Management. 

14 ‘‘(2) SECOND STRATEGY.—Not later than the 

15 first day of the fourth fiscal year covered by the first 

16 strategy under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 

17 for Management shall develop a second 5-year real 

18 property strategy for the Department that covers the 

19 five fiscal years immediately following the conclusion 

20 of such first strategy. 

21 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) INITIAL STRATEGY.—The initial 5-year 

23 strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (1) 

24 of subsection (a) shall— 
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1 ‘‘(A) identify opportunities to consolidate 

2 real property, optimize the usage of Federal as3 sets, and decrease the number of commercial 

4 leases and square footage within the Depart5 ment’s real property portfolio; 

6 ‘‘(B) provide alternate housing and consoli7 dation plans to increase efficiency through joint 

8 use of Department spaces while decreasing the 

9 cost of leased space; 

10 ‘‘(C) concentrate on geographical areas 

11 with a significant Department presence, as 

12 identified by the Under Secretary for Manage13 ment; 

14 ‘‘(D) examine the establishment of central 

15 Department locations in each such geographical 

16 region and the co-location of Department com17 ponents based on the mission sets and respon18 sibilities of such components; 

19 ‘‘(E) identify opportunities to reduce over20 head costs through co-location or consolidation 

21 of real property interests or mission support ac22 tivities, such as shared mail screening and proc23 essing, centralized transportation and shuttle 

24 services, regional transit benefit programs, com25 mon contracting for custodial and other serv-
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1 ices, and leveraging strategic sourcing contracts 

2 and sharing of specialized facilities, such as 

3 training facilities and resources; 

4 ‘‘(F) manage the current Department 

5 Workspace Standard for Office Space in accord6 ance with the Department office workspace de7 sign process to develop the most efficient and 

8 effective spaces within the workspace standard 

9 usable square foot ranges for all leased for of10 fice space entered into on or after the date of 

11 the enactment of this section, including the re12 newal of any leases for office space existing as 

13 of such date; 

14 ‘‘(G) define, based on square footage, what 

15 constitutes a major real property acquisition; 

16 ‘‘(H) prioritize actions to be taken to im17 prove the operations and management of the 

18 Department’s real property inventory, based on 

19 life-cycle cost estimations, in consultation with 

20 component heads; and 

21 ‘‘(I) include any additional information de22 termined appropriate or relevant by the Under 

23 Secretary for Management. 

24 ‘‘(2) SECOND STRATEGY.—The second 5-year 

25 strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (2) 
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1 of subsection (a) shall include information required 

2 in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), (G), (H), 

3 and (I) of paragraph (1) and information on the ef4 fectiveness of implementation efforts pursuant to the 

5 Department-wide policy required in accordance with 

6 subsection (c), including— 

7 ‘‘(A) the impact of such implementation on 

8 departmental operations and costs; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the degree to which the Department 

10 established central Department locations and 

11 co-located Department components pursuant to 

12 the results of the examination required by sub13 paragraph (D) of paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES.—Not later than 

15 90 days after the development of each of the regional real 

16 property strategies developed in accordance with sub17 section (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall de18 velop or update, as applicable, a Department-wide policy 

19 implementing such strategies. 

20 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATIONS.—Subject to subsection (g)(3), 

21 the implementation policies developed pursuant to sub22 section (c) shall require component heads to certify to the 

23 Under Secretary for Management that such heads have 

24 complied with the requirements specified in subsection (b) 

25 before making any major real property decision or rec-
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1 ommendation, as defined by the Under Secretary, includ2 ing matters related to new leased space, renewing any ex3 isting leases, or agreeing to extend or newly occupy any 

4 Federal space or new construction, in accordance with the 

5 applicable regional real property strategy developed in ac6 cordance with subsection (a). 

7 ‘‘(e) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The implementing policies 

9 developed pursuant to subsection (c) shall require 

10 component heads, acting through regional property 

11 managers under subsection (f), to annually report to 

12 the Under Secretary for Management on underuti13 lized space and identify space that may be made 

14 available for use, as applicable, by other components 

15 or Federal agencies. 

16 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Under Secretary for 

17 Management may grant an exception to the work18 space standard usable square foot ranges described 

19 in subsection (b)(1)(F) for specific office locations at 

20 which a reduction or elimination of otherwise under21 utilized space would negatively impact a component’s 

22 ability to execute its mission based on readiness per23 formance measures or would increase the cost of 

24 such space. 
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1 ‘‘(3) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE DEFINED.—In 

2 this subsection, the term ‘underutilized space’ means 

3 any space with respect to which utilization is greater 

4 than the workplace standard usable square foot 

5 ranges pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(F). 

6 ‘‘(f) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) REGIONAL PROPERTY MANAGERS.—Each 

8 component head shall identify a senior career em9 ployee of each such component for each geographic 

10 region included in the regional real property strate11 gies developed in accordance with subsection (a) to 

12 serve as each such component’s regional property 

13 manager. Each such regional property manager shall 

14 serve as a single point of contact for Department 

15 headquarters and other Department components for 

16 all real property matters relating to each such com17 ponent within the region in which each such compo18 nent is located, and provide data and any other sup19 port necessary for the DHS Regional Mission Sup20 port Coordinator strategic asset and portfolio plan21 ning and execution. 

22 ‘‘(2) DATA.—Regional property managers 

23 under paragraph (1) shall provide annually to the 

24 Under Secretary for Management, via a standard25 ized and centralized system, data on each compo-
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1 nent’s real property holdings, as specified by the Un2 dersecretary for Management, including relating to 

3 underutilized space under subsection (e) (as such 

4 term is defined in such subsection), total square 

5 footage leased, annual cost, and total number of 

6 staff, for each geographic region included in the re7 gional real property strategies developed in accord8 ance with subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(g) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for 

11 Management shall monitor components’ adherence to 

12 the regional real property strategies developed in ac13 cordance with subsection (a) and the implementation 

14 policies developed pursuant to subsection (c). 

15 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Under Secretary 

16 for Management shall annually review the data sub17 mitted pursuant to subsection (f)(2) to ensure all 

18 underutilized space (as such term is defined in sub19 section (e)) is properly identified. 

20 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REVIEW.—The Under Sec21 retary for Management shall review, and if appro22 priate, approve, component certifications under sub23 section (d) before such components may make any 

24 major real property decision, including matters re25 lated to new leased space, renewing any existing 
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1 leases, or agreeing to extend or newly occupy any 

2 Federal space or new construction, in accordance 

3 with the applicable regional real property strategy 

4 developed in accordance with subsection (a). 

5 ‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.—The Under 

6 Secretary for Management shall annually provide in7 formation to the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc9 ture of the House of Representatives, the Committee 

10 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

11 the Senate, and the Inspector General of the De12 partment on the Department’s real property port13 folio, including information relating to the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) A summary of the Department’s real 

15 property holdings in each region described in 

16 the regional strategies developed in accordance 

17 with subsection (a), and for each such property, 

18 information including the total square footage 

19 leased, the total cost, the total number of staff 

20 at each such property, and the square foot per 

21 person utilization rate for office space (and 

22 whether or not such conforms with the work23 space standard usable square foot ranges estab24 lished pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(F)). 
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1 ‘‘(B) An accounting of all underutilized 

2 space (as such term is defined in subsection 

3 (e)). 

4 ‘‘(C) An accounting of all instances in 

5 which the Department or its components con6 solidated their real property holdings or co-lo7 cated with another entity within the Depart8 ment. 

9 ‘‘(D) A list of all certifications provided 

10 pursuant to subsection (d) and all such certifi11 cations approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of 

12 this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(5) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 

14 than 120 days after the last day of the fifth fiscal 

15 year covered in each of the initial and second re16 gional real property strategies developed in accord17 ance with subsection (a), the Inspector General of 

18 the Department shall review the information sub19 mitted pursuant to paragraph (4) and issue findings 

20 regarding the effectiveness of the implementation of 

21 the Department-wide policy and oversight efforts of 

22 the management of real property facilities, personal 

23 property, mobile assets, equipment and the Depart24 ment’s other material resources as required under 

25 this section.’’. 
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1 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 

3 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen5 ate copies of the regional strategies developed in accord6 ance with section 710(a) of the Homeland Security Act 

7 of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) not 

8 later than 90 days after the date of the development of 

9 each such strategy. 

10 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

13 709 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: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2190 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

poses. ment’s real property portfolio, and for other purcertain improvements in managing the Departthe Department of Homeland Security to make direct the Under Secretary for Management of