SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY 
HEADQUARTERS 
CONSOLIDATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in coordination with the Administrator of 
General Services, shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report on the Department of Homeland 
Security headquarters consolidation project within the Na-
tional Capital Region. Such report shall include each of 
the following: 
(1) A current list of the components and offices 
proposed to be included in the consolidation project. 
(2) A comprehensive assessment of the current 
and future real property needed by the Department 
in the National Capital Region in order to carry out 
the mission of the Department to secure the home-
land and defend the Nation against future acts of 
terrorism. 
(3) An analysis of the difference between the 
current and needed capital assets and facilities of 
the Department. 
(4) A current plan for construction of the head-
quarters consolidation at the St. Elizabeths campus 
that includes— 
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(A) the estimated costs and schedule for 
the current plan; and 
(B) the estimated costs savings of reducing 
the scope of the consolidation project and in-
creasing the use of existing capacity developed 
under the project. 
(5) A current plan for the leased portfolio of 
the Department in the National Capital Region that 
includes— 
(A) the total rentable square feet, number 
of personnel, and proposed utilization rates; 
(B) the replacement and consolidation 
plan, including timing and anticipated leased 
terms, for leased space under the plan referred 
to in paragraph (4); and 
(C) the costs and benefits of leasing and 
construction alternatives for the headquarters 
consolidation project. 
(6) A detailed list of alternatives considered by 
the Department during the development of the plan 
referred to in paragraph (4), including the costs and 
benefits of alternatives to such plan. 
(b) UPDATE OF COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES.— 
Not later than 90 days after date of the submittal of the 
report required by subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordi-
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nation with the Administrator of General Services, shall 
complete the update of the cost and schedule estimates 
for the portions of the consolidation project that are not 
yet complete as of such date based on the information con-
tained in the report. Consistent with the recommendation 
of the Government Accountability Office in GAO–14–648, 
such estimates shall conform to relevant Federal guidance 
for cost and schedule estimates. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall review the update of 
the cost and schedule estimates under subsection (b) 
to evaluate the quality and reliability of such esti-
mates. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the completion of the update of the cost and 
schedule estimates under subsection (b), the Comp-
troller General shall report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the results of the review 
required by paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 
the meaning given such term under section 
2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
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(2) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
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