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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 port-
folio, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining DHS 
Overhead Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 710. CHIEF FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS OFFICER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is a Chief Facilities and 
Logistics Officer of the Department who shall report di-
rectly to the Under Secretary for Management. The Chief 
Facilities and Logistics Officer shall be career reserved for 
a member of the senior executive service. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Facilities and 
Logistics Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) develop policies and procedures and pro-
vide program oversight to manage real property, fa-
cilities, personal property, mobile assets, equipment, 
and other material resources of the Department; and 
‘‘(2) manage and execute, in consultation with 
the component heads, mission support services with-
in the National Capital Region for real property, fa-
cilities, and other common headquarters and field 
activities for the Department. 
‘‘SEC. 711. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST
STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Under Secretary for Management shall develop 
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an initial 5-year regional real property strategy for 
the Department that covers the five fiscal years im-
mediately following such date of enactment. Such 
strategy shall be geographically organized, as des-
ignated by the Under Secretary for Management. 
‘‘(2) SECOND STRATEGY.—Not later than the 
first day of the fourth fiscal year covered by the first 
strategy under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 
for Management shall develop a second 5-year real 
property strategy for the Department that covers the 
five fiscal years immediately following the conclusion 
of such first strategy. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The real property strategies 
developed in accordance with subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) identify opportunities to consolidate real 
property, optimize the usage of Federal assets, and 
decrease the demand for and number of commercial 
leases and square footage within the Department’s 
real property portfolio; 
‘‘(2) provide alternate housing and consolida-
tion plans to increase efficiency through joint use of 
Department spaces while decreasing the reliance on 
and cost of leased space; 
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‘‘(3) concentrate on geographical areas with a 
significant Department presence, as identified by the 
Under Secretary for Management; 
‘‘(4) examine the establishment of central De-
partment locations in each such geographical region 
and the co-location of Department components based 
on the mission sets and responsibilities of such com-
ponents; 
‘‘(5) identify opportunities to reduce overhead 
costs through co-location or consolidation of real 
property interests or mission support activities, such 
as shared mail screening and processing, centralized 
transportation and shuttle services, regional transit 
benefit programs, common contracting for custodial 
and other services, and leveraging strategic sourcing 
contracts and sharing of specialized facilities, such 
as training facilities and resources; 
‘‘(6) manage the current Department Work-
space Standard for Office Space in accordance with 
the Department office workspace design process to 
develop the most efficient and effective spaces within 
the workspace standard net usable square foot 
ranges for all leased for office space entered into on 
or after the date of the enactment of this section, in-
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cluding the renewal of any leases for office space ex-
isting as of such date; 
‘‘(7) define, based on square footage, what con-
stitutes a major real property acquisition; 
‘‘(8) prioritize actions to be taken to improve 
the operations and management of the Department’s 
real property inventory, based on life-cycle cost esti-
mations, in consultation with component heads; and 
‘‘(9) include any additional information deter-
mined appropriate or relevant by the Under Sec-
retary for Management. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES.—Not later than 
90 days after the development of each of the regional real 
property strategies developed in accordance with sub-
section (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall de-
velop or update, as applicable, a Department-wide policy 
implementing such strategies. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATIONS.—Subject to subsection (g)(3), 
the implementation policies developed pursuant to sub-
section (c) shall require component heads to certify to the 
Under Secretary for Management that such heads have 
investigated all possibilities related to co-locating, consoli-
dating, or partnering with other components before mak-
ing any major real property acquisition or recommenda-
tion, as defined by the Under Secretary, including entering 
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into any new leases, renewing any existing leases, or 
agreeing to extend or newly occupy any Federal space or 
new construction, in accordance with the applicable re-
gional real property strategy developed in accordance with 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The implementing policies 
developed pursuant to subsection (c) shall require 
component heads, acting through regional property 
managers under subsection (f), to annually report to 
the Under Secretary for Management on underuti-
lized space and identify space that may be made 
available for use, as applicable, by other components 
or Federal or State agencies through reimbursable 
or other agreements. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Under Secretary for 
Management may grant an exception to the work-
space standard net usable square foot ranges de-
scribed in subsection (b)(6) for specific office loca-
tions at which a reduction or elimination of other-
wise underutilized space would negatively impact a 
component’s ability to execute its mission based on 
readiness performance measures. 
‘‘(3) UNDERUTILIZED
SPACE
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘underutilized space’ means 
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any space with respect to which utilization is greater 
than the workplace standard net usable square foot 
ranges pursuant to subsection (b)(6). 
‘‘(f) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) REGIONAL PROPERTY MANAGERS.—Each 
component head shall identify a senior career em-
ployee of each such component for each geographic 
region included in the regional real property strate-
gies developed in accordance with subsection (a) to 
serve as each such component’s regional property 
manager. Each such regional property manager shall 
serve as a single point of contact for Department 
headquarters and other Department components for 
all real property matters relating to each such com-
ponent within the region in which each such compo-
nent is located, and (b) provide data and any other 
support necessary for the DHS Regional Mission 
Support Coordinator strategic asset and portfolio 
planning and execution. 
‘‘(2) 
DATA.—Regional 
property 
managers 
under paragraph (1) shall provide quarterly to the 
Under Secretary for Management, via a standard-
ized and centralized system, data on each compo-
nent’s real property holdings, as specified by the Un-
dersecretary for Management, including relating to 
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underutilized space under subsection (e) (as such 
term is defined in such subsection), total square 
footage leased, annual cost, and total number of 
staff, for each geographic region included in the re-
gional real property strategies developed in accord-
ance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(g) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall monitor components’ adherence to 
the regional real property strategies developed in ac-
cordance with subsection (a) and the implementation 
policies developed pursuant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Under Secretary 
for Management shall annually review the data sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (f)(2) to ensure all 
underutilized space (as such term is defined in sub-
section (e)) is properly identified. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REVIEW.—The Under Sec-
retary for Management shall review, and if appro-
priate, approve, component certifications under sub-
section (d) before such components may make any 
major real property acquisition, including entering 
into any new leases, renewing any existing leases, or 
agreeing to extend or newly occupy any Federal 
space or new construction, in accordance with the 
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applicable regional real property strategy developed 
in accordance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.—The Under 
Secretary for Management shall annually provide in-
formation to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate on the Department’s real property port-
folio, including information relating to the following: 
‘‘(A) A summary of the Department’s real 
property holdings in each region described in 
the regional strategies developed in accordance 
with subsection (a), and for each such property, 
information including the total square footage 
leased, the total cost, the total number of staff 
at each such property, and the square foot per 
person utilization rate for office space (and 
whether or not such conforms with the work-
space standard net usable square foot ranges 
established pursuant to subsection (b)(6)). 
‘‘(B) An accounting of all underutilized 
space (as such term is defined in subsection 
(e)). 
‘‘(C) An accounting of all instances in 
which the Department or its components con-
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solidated their real property holdings or co-lo-
cated with another entity within the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(D) A list of all certifications provided 
pursuant to subsection (d) and all such certifi-
cations approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate copies of the regional strategies developed in accord-
ance with section 710(a) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) not 
later than 90 days after the date of the development of 
each such strategy. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
709 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 710. Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer. 
‘‘Sec. 711. Long term real property strategies.’’. 
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