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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1638 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress information on the Department of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation 

project in the National Capital Region, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit 

to Congress information on the Department of Homeland 

Security headquarters consolidation project in the National Capital Region, 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 ‘‘Department of Home5 land Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability 

6 Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE2 CURITY HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATION 

3 PROJECT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina6 tion with the Administrator, shall submit to the appro7 priate committees of Congress information on the imple8 mentation of the enhanced plan for the Department head9 quarters consolidation project within the National Capital 

10 Region, approved by the Office of Management and Budg11 et and included in the budget of the President for fiscal 

12 year 2016 (as submitted to Congress under section 

13 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), that includes the 

14 following: 

15 (1) A proposed occupancy plan for the consoli16 dation project that includes specific information 

17 about which Department-wide operations, component 

18 operations, and support offices will be located at the 

19 site, the aggregate number of full time equivalent 

20 employees projected to occupy the site, the seat-to21 staff ratio at the site, and schedule estimates for mi22 grating operations to the site. 

23 (2) A comprehensive assessment of the dif24 ference between the current real property and facili25 ties needed by the Department in the National Cap26 ital Region in order to carry out the mission of the 


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1 Department and the future needs of the Depart2 ment. 

3 (3) A current plan for construction of the head4 quarters consolidation at the St. Elizabeths campus 

5 that includes— 

6 (A) the estimated costs and schedule for 

7 the current plan, which shall conform to rel8 evant Federal guidance for cost and schedule 

9 estimates, consistent with the recommendation 

10 of the Government Accountability Office in the 

11 September 2014 report entitled ‘‘Federal Real 

12 Property: DHS and GSA Need to Strengthen 

13 the Management of DHS Headquarters Con14 solidation’’ (GAO–14–648); and 

15 (B) any estimated cost savings associated 

16 with reducing the scope of the consolidation 

17 project and increasing the use of existing capac18 ity developed under the project. 

19 (4) A current plan for the leased portfolio of 

20 the Department in the National Capital Region that 

21 includes— 

22 (A) an end-state vision that identifies 

23 which Department-wide operations, component 

24 operations, and support offices do not migrate 


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1 to the St. Elizabeths campus and continue to 

2 operate at a property in the leased portfolio; 

3 (B) for each year until the consolidation 

4 project is completed, the number of full-time 

5 equivalent employees who are expected to oper6 ate at each property, component, or office; 

7 (C) the anticipated total rentable square 

8 feet leased per year during the period beginning 

9 on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 

10 on the date on which the consolidation project 

11 is completed; and 

12 (D) timing and anticipated lease terms for 

13 leased space under the plan referred to in para14 graph (3). 

15 (5) An analysis that identifies the costs and 

16 benefits of leasing and construction alternatives for 

17 the remainder of the consolidation project that in18 cludes— 

19 (A) a comparison of the long-term cost 

20 that would result from leasing as compared to 

21 consolidating functions on Government-owned 

22 space; and 

23 (B) the identification of any cost impacts 

24 in terms of premiums for short-term lease ex25 tensions or holdovers due to the uncertainty of 


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1 funding for, or delays in, completing construc2 tion required for the consolidation. 

3 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 

4 (1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States shall review the cost and 

6 schedule estimates submitted under subsection (a) to 

7 evaluate the quality and reliability of the estimates. 

8 (2) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the submittal of the cost and schedule esti10 mates under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 

11 shall report to the appropriate congressional commit12 tees on the results of the review required under 

13 paragraph (1). 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad16 ministrator of General Services. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con18 gress’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 

19 and the Committee on Transportation and Infra20 structure of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

22 Affairs of the Senate. 

23 (3) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security. 


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1 (4) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 

2 the meaning given the term under section 2674(f)(2) 

3 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 (5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security. 

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