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’’. 
SEC. 2. LONG TERM REAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
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 Lo-
gistics Officer of the Department who shall report directly 
to the Under Secretary for Management. The Chief Facili-
ties and Logistics Officer shall be career reserved for a mem-
ber of the senior executive service. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Facilities and Lo-
gistics Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) develop policies and procedures and provide 
program oversight to manage real property, facilities, 
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 within 
the National Capital Region for real property, facili-
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ties, and other common headquarters and field activi-
ties for the Department; and 
‘‘(3) provide tactical and transactional services 
for the Department, including transportation, facility 
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 imme-
diately following such date of enactment. Such strat-
egy shall be geographically organized, as designated 
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.— 
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‘‘(1) INITIAL
STRATEGY.—The initial 5-year 
strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(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 
reliance on and cost of leased space; 
‘‘(C) concentrate on geographical areas with 
a significant Department presence, as identified 
by the Under Secretary for Management; 
‘‘(D) examine the establishment of central 
Department locations in each such geographical 
region and the co-location of Department compo-
nents based on the mission sets and responsibil-
ities of such components; 
‘‘(E) identify opportunities to reduce over-
head costs through co-location or consolidation of 
real property interests or mission support activi-
ties, such as shared mail screening and proc-
essing, centralized transportation and shuttle 
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services, regional transit benefit programs, com-
mon contracting for custodial and other services, 
and leveraging strategic sourcing contracts and 
sharing of specialized facilities, such as training 
facilities and resources; 
‘‘(F) 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, including the renewal 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 De-
partment’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. 
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‘‘(2) SECOND
STRATEGY.—The second 5-year 
strategy developed in accordance with paragraph (2) 
of subsection (a) shall include information required in 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), (G), (H), and 
(I) of paragraph (1) and information on the effective-
ness of implementation efforts pursuant to the De-
partment-wide policy required in accordance with 
subsection (c), including— 
‘‘(A) the impact of such implementation on 
departmental operations and costs; and 
‘‘(B) the degree to which the Department es-
tablished central Department locations and co-lo-
cated Department components pursuant to the 
results of the examination required by subpara-
graph (D) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES.—Not later than 90 
days after the development of each of the regional real prop-
erty strategies developed in accordance with subsection (a), 
the Under Secretary for Management shall develop or up-
date, as applicable, a Department-wide policy imple-
menting 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 com-
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plied with the requirements specified in subsection (b) before 
making any major real property acquisition or rec-
ommendation, as defined by the Under Secretary, 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 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 underutilized 
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 agree-
ments. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Under Secretary for 
Management may grant an exception to the work-
space standard net usable square foot ranges described 
in subsection (b)(6) for specific office locations at 
which a reduction or elimination of otherwise under-
utilized space would negatively impact a component’s 
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ability to execute its mission based on readiness per-
formance measures. 
‘‘(3) UNDERUTILIZED SPACE DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘underutilized space’ means 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 re-
gion included in the regional real property strategies 
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 prop-
erty matters relating to each such component within 
the region in which each such component is located, 
and provide data and any other support necessary for 
the DHS Regional Mission Support Coordinator stra-
tegic asset and portfolio planning and execution. 
‘‘(2) DATA.—Regional property managers under 
paragraph (1) shall provide annually to the Under 
Secretary for Management, via a standardized and 
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centralized system, data on each component’s real 
property holdings, as specified by the Undersecretary 
for Management, including relating to 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 re-
gion included in the regional real property strategies 
developed in accordance 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 un-
derutilized 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 
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agreeing to extend or newly occupy any Federal space 
or new construction, in accordance with the applica-
ble regional real property strategy developed in ac-
cordance 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, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Inspector General of the Department 
on the Department’s real property portfolio, 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, infor-
mation 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 workspace standard 
net usable square foot ranges established pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(6)). 
‘‘(B) An accounting of all underutilized 
space (as such term is defined in subsection (e)). 
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‘‘(C) An accounting of all instances in 
which the Department or its components consoli-
dated their real property holdings or co-located 
with another entity within the Department. 
‘‘(D) A list of all certifications provided 
pursuant to subsection (d) and all such certifi-
cations approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(5) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
REVIEW.—Not later 
than 120 days after the last day of the fifth fiscal 
year covered in each of the initial and second regional 
real property strategies developed in accordance with 
subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment shall review the information submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (4) and issue findings regarding the ef-
fectiveness of the implementation of the Department- 
wide policy and oversight efforts of the management 
of real property facilities, personal property, mobile 
assets, equipment and the Department’s other mate-
rial resources as required under this section.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate copies of 
the regional strategies developed in accordance with section 
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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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Union Calendar No. 125 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2190 
[Report No. 115–184] 
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 real property portfolio, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 20, 2017 
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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