IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2190 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
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 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining DHS 
Overhead Act’’. 
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; 
‘‘(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; and 
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‘‘(3) provide tactical and transactional services 
for the Department, including transportation, facil-
ity operations, and maintenance. 
‘‘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 
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.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
STRATEGY.—The initial 5-year 
strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a) shall— 
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‘‘(A) identify opportunities to consolidate 
real property, optimize the usage of Federal as-
sets, and decrease the number of commercial 
leases and square footage within the Depart-
ment’s real property portfolio; 
‘‘(B) provide alternate housing and consoli-
dation plans to increase efficiency through joint 
use of Department spaces while decreasing the 
cost of leased space; 
‘‘(C) concentrate on geographical areas 
with a significant Department presence, as 
identified by the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment; 
‘‘(D) examine the establishment of central 
Department locations in each such geographical 
region and the co-location of Department com-
ponents based on the mission sets and respon-
sibilities of such components; 
‘‘(E) identify opportunities to reduce over-
head costs through co-location or consolidation 
of real property interests or mission support ac-
tivities, such as shared mail screening and proc-
essing, centralized transportation and shuttle 
services, regional transit benefit programs, com-
mon contracting for custodial and other serv-
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ices, and leveraging strategic sourcing contracts 
and sharing of specialized facilities, such as 
training facilities and resources; 
‘‘(F) manage the current Department 
Workspace Standard for Office Space in accord-
ance with the Department office workspace de-
sign process to develop the most efficient and 
effective spaces within the workspace standard 
usable square foot ranges for all leased for of-
fice space entered into on or after the date of 
the enactment of this section, including the re-
newal of any leases for office space existing as 
of such date; 
‘‘(G) define, based on square footage, what 
constitutes a major real property acquisition; 
‘‘(H) prioritize actions to be taken to im-
prove the operations and management of the 
Department’s real property inventory, based on 
life-cycle cost estimations, in consultation with 
component heads; and 
‘‘(I) include any additional information de-
termined appropriate or relevant by the Under 
Secretary for Management. 
‘‘(2) SECOND STRATEGY.—The second 5-year 
strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (2) 
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