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Union Calendar No. 376 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4785 

[Report No. 114–494] 

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 vehicle fleet, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2016 

Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

APRIL 14, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and 

Mr. CARTER of Georgia 

APRIL 14, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 17, 2016] 


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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 vehicle fleet, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘DHS Stop Asset and 

5 Vehicle Excess Act’’ or the ‘‘DHS SAVE Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DHS VEHICLE FLEETS. 

7 Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

8 U.S.C. 341) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting ‘‘vehicle 

10 fleets (under subsection (c)),’’ after ‘‘equipment,’’; 

11 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

12 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

13 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

14 new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) VEHICLE FLEETS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out responsibil17 ities regarding vehicle fleets pursuant to subsection 

18 (a)(5), the Under Secretary for Management shall be 

19 responsible for overseeing and managing vehicle fleets 

20 throughout the Department. The Under Secretary 

21 shall also be responsible for the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) Ensuring that components are in com23 pliance with Federal law, Federal regulations, 

24 executive branch guidance, and Department pol25 icy (including issuing guidance relating to such) 


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1 relating to fleet management and use of vehicles 

2 from home to work. 

3 ‘‘(B) Developing and distributing a stand4 ardized vehicle allocation methodology and fleet 

5 management plan for components to use to deter6 mine optimal fleet size in accordance with para7 graph (4). 

8 ‘‘(C) Ensuring that components formally 

9 document fleet management decisions. 

10 ‘‘(D) Approving component fleet manage11 ment plans, vehicle leases, and vehicle acquisi12 tions. 

13 ‘‘(2) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Component heads— 

15 ‘‘(i) shall— 

16 ‘‘(I) comply with Federal law, 

17 Federal regulations, executive branch 

18 guidance, and Department policy (in19 cluding guidance relating to such) re20 lating to fleet management and use of 

21 vehicles from home to work; 

22 ‘‘(II) ensure that data related to 

23 fleet management is accurate and reli24 able; 


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1 ‘‘(III) use such data to develop a 

2 vehicle allocation tool derived by using 

3 the standardized vehicle allocation 

4 methodology provided by the Under 

5 Secretary for Management to deter6 mine the optimal fleet size for the next 

7 fiscal year and a fleet management 

8 plan; and 

9 ‘‘(IV) use vehicle allocation meth10 odologies and fleet management plans 

11 to develop annual requests for funding 

12 to support vehicle fleets pursuant to 

13 paragraph (6); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) may not, except as provided in 

15 subparagraph (B), lease or acquire new ve16 hicles or replace existing vehicles without 

17 prior approval from the Under Secretary 

18 for Management pursuant to paragraph 

19 (5)(B). 

20 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION REGARDING CERTAIN

21 LEASING AND ACQUISITIONS.—If exigent cir22 cumstances warrant such, a component head 

23 may lease or acquire a new vehicle or replace an 

24 existing vehicle without prior approval from the 

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1 gent circumstances a component head so leases, 

2 acquires, or replaces a vehicle, such component 

3 head shall provide to the Under Secretary an ex4 planation of such circumstances. 

5 ‘‘(3) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 

6 ‘‘(A) QUARTERLY MONITORING.—In accord7 ance with paragraph (4), the Under Secretary 

8 for Management shall collect, on a quarterly 

9 basis, information regarding component vehicle 

10 fleets, including information on fleet size, com11 position, cost, and vehicle utilization. 

12 ‘‘(B) AUTOMATED INFORMATION.—The 

13 Under Secretary for Management shall seek to 

14 achieve a capability to collect, on a quarterly 

15 basis, automated information regarding compo16 nent vehicle fleets, including the number of trips, 

17 miles driven, hours and days used, and the asso18 ciated costs of such mileage for leased vehicles. 

19 ‘‘(C) MONITORING.—The Under Secretary 

20 for Management shall track and monitor compo21 nent information provided pursuant to subpara22 graph (A) and, as appropriate, subparagraph 

23 (B), to ensure that component vehicle fleets are 

24 the optimal fleet size and cost effective. The 

25 Under Secretary shall use such information to 


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1 inform the annual component fleet analyses re2 ferred to in paragraph (4). 

3 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REVIEW OF COMPONENT FLEET

4 ANALYSES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To determine the opti6 mal fleet size and associated resources needed for 

7 each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2018, 

8 component heads shall annually submit to the 

9 Under Secretary for Management a vehicle allo10 cation tool and fleet management plan using in11 formation described in paragraph (3)(A). Such 

12 tools and plans may be submitted in classified 

13 form if a component head determines that such 

14 is necessary to protect operations or mission re15 quirements. 

16 ‘‘(B) VEHICLE ALLOCATION TOOL.—Compo17 nent heads develop a vehicle allocation tool in 

18 accordance with subclause (III) of paragraph 

19 (2)(A)(i) that includes an analysis of the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(i) Vehicle utilization data, including 

22 the number of trips, miles driven, hours and 

23 days used, and the associated costs of such 

24 mileage for leased vehicles, in accordance 

25 with such paragraph. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) The role of vehicle fleets in sup2 porting mission requirements for each com3 ponent. 

4 ‘‘(iii) Any other information deter5 mined relevant by such component heads. 

6 ‘‘(C) FLEET MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Compo7 nent heads shall use information described in 

8 subparagraph (B) to develop a fleet management 

9 plan for each such component. Such fleet man10 agement plans shall include the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) A plan for how each such compo12 nent may achieve optimal fleet size deter13 mined by the vehicle allocation tool required 

14 under such subparagraph, including the 

15 elimination of excess vehicles in accordance 

16 with paragraph (5), if applicable. 

17 ‘‘(ii) A cost benefit analysis supporting 

18 such plan. 

19 ‘‘(iii) A schedule each such component 

20 will follow to obtain optimal fleet size. 

21 ‘‘(iv) Any other information deter22 mined relevant by component heads. 

23 ‘‘(D) REVIEW.—The Under Secretary for 

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1 cle allocation tool and fleet management plan 

2 under this paragraph to ensure each such compo3 nent’s vehicle fleets are the optimal fleet size and 

4 that components are in compliance with applica5 ble Federal law, Federal regulations, executive 

6 branch guidance, and Department policy pursu7 ant to paragraph (2) relating to fleet manage8 ment and use of vehicles from home to work. The 

9 Under Secretary shall use such tools and plans 

10 when reviewing annual component requests for 

11 vehicle fleet funding in accordance with para12 graph (6). 

13 ‘‘(5) GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP FLEET MANAGE14 MENT PLANS.—The Under Secretary for Management 

15 shall provide guidance, pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) 

16 on how component heads may achieve optimal fleet 

17 size in accordance with paragraph (4), including 

18 processes for the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Leasing or acquiring additional vehi20 cles or replacing existing vehicles, if determined 

21 necessary. 

22 ‘‘(B) Disposing of excess vehicles that the 

23 Under Secretary determines should not be reallo24 cated under subparagraph (C). 


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1 ‘‘(C) Reallocating excess vehicles to other 

2 components that may need temporary or long3 term use of additional vehicles. 

4 ‘‘(6) ANNUAL REVIEW OF VEHICLE FLEET FUND5 ING REQUESTS.—As part of the annual budget proc6 ess, the Under Secretary for Management shall review 

7 and make determinations regarding annual compo8 nent requests for funding for vehicle fleets. If compo9 nent heads have not taken steps in furtherance of 

10 achieving optimal fleet size in the prior fiscal year 

11 pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5), the Under Sec12 retary shall provide rescission recommendations to the 

13 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 

14 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Committee on Appropriations and the Com16 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af17 fairs of the Senate regarding such component vehicle 

18 fleets. 

19 ‘‘(7) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MAN20 AGEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN NEW VEHI22 CLE LEASES AND ACQUISITIONS.—The Under 

23 Secretary for Management and component heads 

24 may not approve in any fiscal year beginning 

25 with fiscal year 2019 a vehicle lease, acquisition, 


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1 or replacement request if such component heads 

2 did not comply in the prior fiscal year with 

3 paragraph (4). 

4 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PERFORM5 ANCE COMPENSATION.—No Department official 

6 with vehicle fleet management responsibilities 

7 may receive annual performance compensation 

8 in pay in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal 

9 year 2019 if such official did not comply in the 

10 prior fiscal year with paragraph (4). 

11 ‘‘(C) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CAR SERV12 ICES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, no senior executive service official of the De14 partment whose office has a vehicle fleet may re15 ceive access to a car service in any fiscal year 

16 beginning with fiscal year 2019 if such official 

17 did not comply in the prior fiscal year with 

18 paragraph (4). 

19 ‘‘(8) MOTOR POOL.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 

21 for Management may determine the feasibility of 

22 operating a vehicle motor pool to permit compo23 nents to share vehicles as necessary to support 

24 mission requirements to reduce the number of ex25 cess vehicles in the Department. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The determination 

2 of feasibility of operating a vehicle motor pool 

3 under subparagraph (A) shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) include— 

5 ‘‘(I) regions in the United States 

6 in which multiple components with ve7 hicle fleets are located in proximity to 

8 one another, or a significant number of 

9 employees with authorization to use ve10 hicles are located; and 

11 ‘‘(II) law enforcement vehicles; 

12 ‘‘(ii) cover the National Capital Re13 gion; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) take into account different mis15 sion requirements. 

16 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 

17 in the Department’s next annual performance re18 port required under current law the results of the 

19 determination under this paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

21 ‘‘(A) COMPONENT HEAD.—The term ‘compo22 nent head’ means the head of any component of 

23 the Department with a vehicle fleet. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCESS VEHICLE.—The term ‘excess 

2 vehicle’ means any vehicle that is not essential to 

3 support mission requirements of a component. 

4 ‘‘(C) OPTIMAL FLEET SIZE.—The term ‘op5 timal fleet size’ means, with respect to a par6 ticular component, the appropriate number of 

7 vehicles to support mission requirements of such 

8 component. 

9 ‘‘(D) VEHICLE FLEET.—The term ‘vehicle 

10 fleet’ means all owned, commercially leased, or 

11 Government-leased vehicles of the Department or 

12 of a component of the Department, as the case 

13 may be, including vehicles used for law enforce14 ment and other purposes.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. GAO REPORT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW. 

16 (a) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

18 of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af21 fairs a report on the following: 

22 (1) The status of efforts at achieving a capability 

23 to collect automated information as required under 

24 subsection (c)(3) of section 701 of the Homeland Secu25 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341), as added by section 


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1 2 of this Act, and any challenges that remain with re2 spect to achieving the capability to collect, assess, and 

3 report vehicle fleet (as such term in defined in sub4 section (c)(9) of such section 701) data for the pur5 pose of determining vehicle utilization. 

6 (2) The extent to which the Under Secretary for 

7 Management has identified and addressed any rel8 evant security concerns, including cybersecurity risks, 

9 related to such automation. 

10 (3) The extent to which the Under Secretary col11 lects, assesses, and reports on vehicle fleet event data 

12 recorder data. 

13 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—The Inspector 

14 General of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 

15 (1) review implementation of subsection (c)(4) of 

16 section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

17 U.S.C. 341), as added by section 2 of this Act, for fis18 cal years 2018 and 2020, and shall provide, upon re19 quest, to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

21 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

22 Senate information regarding any such review; and 

23 (2) submit to the committees specified in para24 graph (1) a report, not later than six months after 

25 completion of the second review required under such 


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1 paragraph, regarding the effectiveness of such sub2 section with respect to cost avoidance, savings real3 ized, and component operations. 


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Union Calendar No. 376 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4785 

[Report No. 114–494] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

ment’s vehicle fleet, and for other purposes. certain improvements in managing the Departthe Department of Homeland Security to make direct the Under Secretary for Management of 

APRIL 14, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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