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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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land 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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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 ‘‘DHS Stop Asset and 
Vehicle Excess Act’’ or the ‘‘DHS SAVE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DHS VEHICLE FLEETS. 
Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting ‘‘vehicle 
fleets (under subsection (c)),’’ after ‘‘equipment,’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) VEHICLE FLEETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out responsibil-
ities regarding vehicle fleets pursuant to subsection 
(a)(5), the Under Secretary for Management shall be 
responsible for overseeing and managing vehicle fleets 
throughout the Department. The Under Secretary 
shall also be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(A) Ensuring that components are in com-
pliance with Federal law, Federal regulations, 
executive branch guidance, and Department pol-
icy (including issuing guidance relating to such) 
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relating to fleet management and use of vehicles 
from home to work. 
‘‘(B) Developing and distributing a stand-
ardized vehicle allocation methodology and fleet 
management plan for components to use to deter-
mine optimal fleet size in accordance with para-
graph (4). 
‘‘(C) Ensuring that components formally 
document fleet management decisions. 
‘‘(D) Approving component fleet manage-
ment plans, vehicle leases, and vehicle acquisi-
tions. 
‘‘(2) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Component heads— 
‘‘(i) shall— 
‘‘(I) comply with Federal law, 
Federal regulations, executive branch 
guidance, and Department policy (in-
cluding guidance relating to such) re-
lating to fleet management and use of 
vehicles from home to work; 
‘‘(II) ensure that data related to 
fleet management is accurate and reli-
able; 
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‘‘(III) use such data to develop a 
vehicle allocation tool derived by using 
the standardized vehicle allocation 
methodology provided by the Under 
Secretary for Management to deter-
mine the optimal fleet size for the next 
fiscal year and a fleet management 
plan; and 
‘‘(IV) use vehicle allocation meth-
odologies and fleet management plans 
to develop annual requests for funding 
to support vehicle fleets pursuant to 
paragraph (6); and 
‘‘(ii) may not, except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), lease or acquire new ve-
hicles or replace existing vehicles without 
prior approval from the Under Secretary 
for Management pursuant to paragraph 
(5)(B). 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION
REGARDING
CERTAIN 
LEASING
AND
ACQUISITIONS.—If exigent cir-
cumstances warrant such, a component head 
may lease or acquire a new vehicle or replace an 
existing vehicle without prior approval from the 
Under Secretary for Management. If under exi-
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gent circumstances a component head so leases, 
acquires, or replaces a vehicle, such component 
head shall provide to the Under Secretary an ex-
planation of such circumstances. 
‘‘(3) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(A) QUARTERLY MONITORING.—In accord-
ance with paragraph (4), the Under Secretary 
for Management shall collect, on a quarterly 
basis, information regarding component vehicle 
fleets, including information on fleet size, com-
position, cost, and vehicle utilization. 
‘‘(B) 
AUTOMATED
INFORMATION.—The 
Under Secretary for Management shall seek to 
achieve a capability to collect, on a quarterly 
basis, automated information regarding compo-
nent vehicle fleets, including the number of trips, 
miles driven, hours and days used, and the asso-
ciated costs of such mileage for leased vehicles. 
‘‘(C) MONITORING.—The Under Secretary 
for Management shall track and monitor compo-
nent information provided pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) and, as appropriate, subparagraph 
(B), to ensure that component vehicle fleets are 
the optimal fleet size and cost effective. The 
Under Secretary shall use such information to 
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inform the annual component fleet analyses re-
ferred to in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REVIEW
OF
COMPONENT
FLEET 
ANALYSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To determine the opti-
mal fleet size and associated resources needed for 
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2018, 
component heads shall annually submit to the 
Under Secretary for Management a vehicle allo-
cation tool and fleet management plan using in-
formation described in paragraph (3)(A). Such 
tools and plans may be submitted in classified 
form if a component head determines that such 
is necessary to protect operations or mission re-
quirements. 
‘‘(B) VEHICLE ALLOCATION TOOL.—Compo-
nent heads develop a vehicle allocation tool in 
accordance with subclause (III) of paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) that includes an analysis of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Vehicle utilization data, including 
the number of trips, miles driven, hours and 
days used, and the associated costs of such 
mileage for leased vehicles, in accordance 
with such paragraph. 
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‘‘(ii) The role of vehicle fleets in sup-
porting mission requirements for each com-
ponent. 
‘‘(iii) Any other information deter-
mined relevant by such component heads. 
‘‘(C) FLEET MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Compo-
nent heads shall use information described in 
subparagraph (B) to develop a fleet management 
plan for each such component. Such fleet man-
agement plans shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) A plan for how each such compo-
nent may achieve optimal fleet size deter-
mined by the vehicle allocation tool required 
under such subparagraph, including the 
elimination of excess vehicles in accordance 
with paragraph (5), if applicable. 
‘‘(ii) A cost benefit analysis supporting 
such plan. 
‘‘(iii) A schedule each such component 
will follow to obtain optimal fleet size. 
‘‘(iv) Any other information deter-
mined relevant by component heads. 
‘‘(D) REVIEW.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall review and make a deter-
mination on the results of each component’s vehi-
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cle allocation tool and fleet management plan 
under this paragraph to ensure each such compo-
nent’s vehicle fleets are the optimal fleet size and 
that components are in compliance with applica-
ble Federal law, Federal regulations, executive 
branch guidance, and Department policy pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) relating to fleet manage-
ment and use of vehicles from home to work. The 
Under Secretary shall use such tools and plans 
when reviewing annual component requests for 
vehicle fleet funding in accordance with para-
graph (6). 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE
TO
DEVELOP
FLEET
MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.—The Under Secretary for Management 
shall provide guidance, pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) 
on how component heads may achieve optimal fleet 
size in accordance with paragraph (4), including 
processes for the following: 
‘‘(A) Leasing or acquiring additional vehi-
cles or replacing existing vehicles, if determined 
necessary. 
‘‘(B) Disposing of excess vehicles that the 
Under Secretary determines should not be reallo-
cated under subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(C) Reallocating excess vehicles to other 
components that may need temporary or long- 
term use of additional vehicles. 
‘‘(6) ANNUAL REVIEW OF VEHICLE FLEET FUND-
ING REQUESTS.—As part of the annual budget proc-
ess, the Under Secretary for Management shall review 
and make determinations regarding annual compo-
nent requests for funding for vehicle fleets. If compo-
nent heads have not taken steps in furtherance of 
achieving optimal fleet size in the prior fiscal year 
pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5), the Under Sec-
retary shall provide rescission recommendations to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate regarding such component vehicle 
fleets. 
‘‘(7) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MAN-
AGEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN NEW VEHI-
CLE
LEASES
AND
ACQUISITIONS.—The Under 
Secretary for Management and component heads 
may not approve in any fiscal year beginning 
with fiscal year 2019 a vehicle lease, acquisition, 
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or replacement request if such component heads 
did not comply in the prior fiscal year with 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PERFORM-
ANCE
COMPENSATION.—No Department official 
with vehicle fleet management responsibilities 
may receive annual performance compensation 
in pay in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
year 2019 if such official did not comply in the 
prior fiscal year with paragraph (4). 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CAR SERV-
ICES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no senior executive service official of the De-
partment whose office has a vehicle fleet may re-
ceive access to a car service in any fiscal year 
beginning with fiscal year 2019 if such official 
did not comply in the prior fiscal year with 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(8) MOTOR POOL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 
for Management may determine the feasibility of 
operating a vehicle motor pool to permit compo-
nents to share vehicles as necessary to support 
mission requirements to reduce the number of ex-
cess vehicles in the Department. 
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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The determination 
of feasibility of operating a vehicle motor pool 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) include— 
‘‘(I) regions in the United States 
in which multiple components with ve-
hicle fleets are located in proximity to 
one another, or a significant number of 
employees with authorization to use ve-
hicles are located; and 
‘‘(II) law enforcement vehicles; 
‘‘(ii) cover the National Capital Re-
gion; and 
‘‘(iii) take into account different mis-
sion requirements. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 
in the Department’s next annual performance re-
port required under current law the results of the 
determination under this paragraph. 
‘‘(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COMPONENT HEAD.—The term ‘compo-
nent head’ means the head of any component of 
the Department with a vehicle fleet. 
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‘‘(B) EXCESS VEHICLE.—The term ‘excess 
vehicle’ means any vehicle that is not essential to 
support mission requirements of a component. 
‘‘(C) OPTIMAL FLEET SIZE.—The term ‘op-
timal fleet size’ means, with respect to a par-
ticular component, the appropriate number of 
vehicles to support mission requirements of such 
component. 
‘‘(D) VEHICLE FLEET.—The term ‘vehicle 
fleet’ means all owned, commercially leased, or 
Government-leased vehicles of the Department or 
of a component of the Department, as the case 
may be, including vehicles used for law enforce-
ment and other purposes.’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO REPORT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW. 
(a) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs a report on the following: 
(1) The status of efforts at achieving a capability 
to collect automated information as required under 
subsection (c)(3) of section 701 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341), as added by section 
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2 of this Act, and any challenges that remain with re-
spect to achieving the capability to collect, assess, and 
report vehicle fleet (as such term in defined in sub-
section (c)(9) of such section 701) data for the pur-
pose of determining vehicle utilization. 
(2) The extent to which the Under Secretary for 
Management has identified and addressed any rel-
evant security concerns, including cybersecurity risks, 
related to such automation. 
(3) The extent to which the Under Secretary col-
lects, assesses, and reports on vehicle fleet event data 
recorder data. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) review implementation of subsection (c)(4) of 
section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341), as added by section 2 of this Act, for fis-
cal years 2018 and 2020, and shall provide, upon re-
quest, to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate information regarding any such review; and 
(2) submit to the committees specified in para-
graph (1) a report, not later than six months after 
completion of the second review required under such 
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paragraph, regarding the effectiveness of such sub-
section with respect to cost avoidance, savings real-
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 
direct the Under Secretary for Management of 
the Department of Homeland Security to make 
certain improvements in managing the Depart-
ment’s vehicle fleet, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 14, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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