S. 1638 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 

An Act 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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 Departmentwide 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 
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(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. 
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(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.