115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 366 
AN ACT 
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. 
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 fol-
lowing 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 Sec-
retary shall also be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(A) Ensuring that components are in 
compliance with Federal law, Federal regula-
tions, executive branch guidance, and Depart-
ment policy (including associated guidance) re-
lating 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 de-
termine optimal fleet size in accordance with 
paragraph (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 associated guidance) relating 
to fleet management and use of vehi-
cles from home to work; 
‘‘(II) ensure that data related to 
fleet management is accurate and reli-
able; 
‘‘(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 manage-
ment 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 
such exigent circumstances a component head 
so leases, acquires, or replaces a vehicle, such
component head shall provide to the Under Sec-
retary an explanation of such circumstances. 
‘‘(3) ONGOING OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(A) QUARTERLY
MONITORING.—In ac-
cordance with paragraph (4), the Under Sec-
retary for Management shall collect, on a quar-
terly basis, information regarding component 
vehicle fleets, including information on fleet 
size, composition, 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 associated costs of such mileage for leased 
vehicles. 
‘‘(C) MONITORING.—The Under Secretary 
for Management shall track and monitor com-
ponent information provided pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) and, as appropriate, subpara-
graph (B), to ensure that component vehicle 
fleets are the optimal fleet size and cost effec-
tive. The Under Secretary shall use such infor-
mation to inform the annual component fleet 
analyses referred 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 vehi-
cle allocation tool and fleet management plan 
using information described in paragraph 
(3)(A). Such tools and plans may be submitted 
in classified form if a component head deter-
mines that such is necessary to protect oper-
ations or mission requirements. 
‘‘(B) VEHICLE ALLOCATION TOOL.—Com-
ponent 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 accord-
ance with such paragraph.
‘‘(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.—Com-
ponent heads shall use information described in 
subparagraph (B) to develop a fleet manage-
ment plan for each such component. Such fleet 
management 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 re-
quired under such subparagraph, including 
the elimination of excess vehicles in accord-
ance with paragraph (5), if applicable. 
‘‘(ii) A cost benefit analysis sup-
porting 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 ve-
hicle allocation tool and fleet management plan 
under this paragraph to ensure each such com-
ponent’s vehicle fleets are the optimal fleet size 
and that components are in compliance with ap-
plicable Federal law, Federal regulations, execu-
tive branch guidance, and Department policy 
(including associated guidance) pursuant to 
paragraph (2) relating to fleet management 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 paragraph (6). 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP FLEET MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.—The Under Secretary for Manage-
ment shall provide guidance, pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(B) on how component heads may achieve opti-
mal fleet size in accordance with paragraph (4), in-
cluding 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 re-
allocated under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(C) Reallocating excess vehicles to other 
components that may need temporary or long- 
term use of additional vehicles. 
‘‘(6) ANNUAL
REVIEW
OF
VEHICLE
FLEET 
FUNDING REQUESTS.—As part of the annual budget 
process, the Under Secretary for Management shall 
review and make determinations regarding annual 
component requests for funding for vehicle fleets. If 
component heads have not taken steps in further-
ance of achieving optimal fleet size in the prior fiscal 
year pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5), the Under 
Secretary shall provide rescission recommendations 
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate regarding such com-
ponent vehicle fleets. 
‘‘(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR
VEHICLE
FLEET 
MANAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN NEW VE-
HICLE LEASES AND ACQUISITIONS.—The Under 
Secretary for Management and component 
heads may not approve in any fiscal year begin-
ning with fiscal year 2019 a vehicle lease, ac-