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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. RUTHERFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Overhead Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu3 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following new sections: 

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

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

7 Logistics Officer of the Department who shall report di8 rectly to the Under Secretary for Management. The Chief 

9 Facilities and Logistics Officer shall be career reserved for 

10 a member of the senior executive service. 

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

12 Logistics Officer shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) develop policies and procedures and pro14 vide program oversight to manage real property, fa15 cilities, personal property, mobile assets, equipment, 

16 and other material resources of the Department; and 

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

18 the component heads, mission support services with19 in the National Capital Region for real property, fa20 cilities, and other common headquarters and field 

21 activities for the Department. 

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

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

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

26 the Under Secretary for Management shall develop 


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1 an initial 5-year regional real property strategy for 

2 the Department that covers the five fiscal years im3 mediately following such date of enactment. Such 

4 strategy shall be geographically organized, as des5 ignated by the Under Secretary for Management. 

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

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

8 strategy under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 

9 for Management shall develop a second 5-year real 

10 property strategy for the Department that covers the 

11 five fiscal years immediately following the conclusion 

12 of such first strategy. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The real property strategies 

14 developed in accordance with subsection (a) shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) identify opportunities to consolidate real 

16 property, optimize the usage of Federal assets, and 

17 decrease the demand for and number of commercial 

18 leases and square footage within the Department’s 

19 real property portfolio; 

20 ‘‘(2) provide alternate housing and consolida21 tion plans to increase efficiency through joint use of 

22 Department spaces while decreasing the reliance on 

23 and cost of leased space; 


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1 ‘‘(3) concentrate on geographical areas with a 

2 significant Department presence, as identified by the 

3 Under Secretary for Management; 

4 ‘‘(4) examine the establishment of central De5 partment locations in each such geographical region 

6 and the co-location of Department components based 

7 on the mission sets and responsibilities of such com8 ponents; 

9 ‘‘(5) identify opportunities to reduce overhead 

10 costs through co-location or consolidation of real 

11 property interests or mission support activities, such 

12 as shared mail screening and processing, centralized 

13 transportation and shuttle services, regional transit 

14 benefit programs, common contracting for custodial 

15 and other services, and leveraging strategic sourcing 

16 contracts and sharing of specialized facilities, such 

17 as training facilities and resources; 

18 ‘‘(6) manage the current Department Work19 space Standard for Office Space in accordance with 

20 the Department office workspace design process to 

21 develop the most efficient and effective spaces within 

22 the workspace standard net usable square foot 

23 ranges for all leased for office space entered into on 

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1 cluding the renewal of any leases for office space ex2 isting as of such date; 

3 ‘‘(7) define, based on square footage, what con4 stitutes a major real property acquisition; 

5 ‘‘(8) prioritize actions to be taken to improve 

6 the operations and management of the Department’s 

7 real property inventory, based on life-cycle cost esti8 mations, in consultation with component heads; and 

9 ‘‘(9) include any additional information deter10 mined appropriate or relevant by the Under Sec11 retary for Management. 

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

13 90 days after the development of each of the regional real 

14 property strategies developed in accordance with sub15 section (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall de16 velop or update, as applicable, a Department-wide policy 

17 implementing such strategies. 

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

19 the implementation policies developed pursuant to sub20 section (c) shall require component heads to certify to the 

21 Under Secretary for Management that such heads have 

22 investigated all possibilities related to co-locating, consoli23 dating, or partnering with other components before mak24 ing any major real property acquisition or recommenda25 tion, as defined by the Under Secretary, including entering 


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1 into any new leases, renewing any existing leases, or 

2 agreeing to extend or newly occupy any Federal space or 

3 new construction, in accordance with the applicable re4 gional real property strategy developed in accordance with 

5 subsection (a). 

6 ‘‘(e) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE.— 

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

8 developed pursuant to subsection (c) shall require 

9 component heads, acting through regional property 

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

11 the Under Secretary for Management on underuti12 lized space and identify space that may be made 

13 available for use, as applicable, by other components 

14 or Federal or State agencies through reimbursable 

15 or other agreements. 

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

17 Management may grant an exception to the work18 space standard net usable square foot ranges de19 scribed in subsection (b)(6) for specific office loca20 tions at which a reduction or elimination of other21 wise underutilized space would negatively impact a 

22 component’s ability to execute its mission based on 

23 readiness performance measures. 

24 ‘‘(3) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE DEFINED.—In 

25 this subsection, the term ‘underutilized space’ means 


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1 any space with respect to which utilization is greater 

2 than the workplace standard net usable square foot 

3 ranges pursuant to subsection (b)(6). 

4 ‘‘(f) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

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

6 component head shall identify a senior career em7 ployee of each such component for each geographic 

8 region included in the regional real property strate9 gies developed in accordance with subsection (a) to 

10 serve as each such component’s regional property 

11 manager. Each such regional property manager shall 

12 serve as a single point of contact for Department 

13 headquarters and other Department components for 

14 all real property matters relating to each such com15 ponent within the region in which each such compo16 nent is located, and (b) provide data and any other 

17 support necessary for the DHS Regional Mission 

18 Support Coordinator strategic asset and portfolio 

19 planning and execution. 

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

21 under paragraph (1) shall provide quarterly to the 

22 Under Secretary for Management, via a standard23 ized and centralized system, data on each compo24 nent’s real property holdings, as specified by the Un25 dersecretary for Management, including relating to 


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1 underutilized space under subsection (e) (as such 

2 term is defined in such subsection), total square 

3 footage leased, annual cost, and total number of 

4 staff, for each geographic region included in the re5 gional real property strategies developed in accord6 ance with subsection (a). 

7 ‘‘(g) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 

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

9 Management shall monitor components’ adherence to 

10 the regional real property strategies developed in ac11 cordance with subsection (a) and the implementation 

12 policies developed pursuant to subsection (c). 

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

14 for Management shall annually review the data sub15 mitted pursuant to subsection (f)(2) to ensure all 

16 underutilized space (as such term is defined in sub17 section (e)) is properly identified. 

18 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REVIEW.—The Under Sec19 retary for Management shall review, and if appro20 priate, approve, component certifications under sub21 section (d) before such components may make any 

22 major real property acquisition, including entering 

23 into any new leases, renewing any existing leases, or 

24 agreeing to extend or newly occupy any Federal 

25 space or new construction, in accordance with the 


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1 applicable regional real property strategy developed 

2 in accordance with subsection (a). 

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

4 Secretary for Management shall annually provide in5 formation to the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

7 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

8 the Senate on the Department’s real property port9 folio, including information relating to the following: 

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

11 property holdings in each region described in 

12 the regional strategies developed in accordance 

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

14 information including the total square footage 

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

16 at each such property, and the square foot per 

17 person utilization rate for office space (and 

18 whether or not such conforms with the work19 space standard net usable square foot ranges 

20 established pursuant to subsection (b)(6)). 

21 ‘‘(B) An accounting of all underutilized 

22 space (as such term is defined in subsection 

23 (e)). 

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

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1 solidated their real property holdings or co-lo2 cated with another entity within the Depart3 ment. 

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

5 pursuant to subsection (d) and all such certifi6 cations approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of 

7 this subsection.’’. 

8 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu9 rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

11 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen12 ate copies of the regional strategies developed in accord13 ance with section 710(a) of the Homeland Security Act 

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

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

16 each such strategy. 

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

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

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 709 the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 710. Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 711. Long term real property strategies.’’. 

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