IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1640 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit 
to Congress a report on the Department of Homeland 
Security headquarters consolidation project in the Na-
tional Capital Region, 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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability 
Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY 
HEADQUARTERS 
CONSOLIDATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in coordination with the Administrator of 
General Services, shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report on the Department of Homeland 
Security headquarters consolidation project within the Na-
tional Capital Region. Such report shall include each of 
the following: 
(1) A proposed occupancy plan for the consoli-
dation project that includes specific information 
about which Department-wide operations, component 
operations, and support offices will be located at the 
site, the aggregate number of full-time equivalent 
employees projected to occupy the site, and schedule 
estimates for migrating operations to the site. 
(2) A comprehensive assessment of the current 
and future real property needed by the Department 
in the National Capital Region in order to carry out 
the mission of the Department to secure the home-
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land and defend the Nation against future acts of 
terrorism. 
(3) An analysis of the difference between the 
current and needed capital assets and facilities of 
the Department. 
(4) A current plan for construction of the head-
quarters consolidation at the St. Elizabeths campus 
that includes— 
(A) the estimated costs and schedule for 
the current plan; and 
(B) any estimated costs savings associated 
with reducing the scope of the consolidation 
project and increasing the use of existing capac-
ity developed under the project. 
(5) A current plan for the leased portfolio of 
the Department in the National Capital Region that 
includes— 
(A) the total rentable square feet, number 
of personnel, and proposed utilization rates; 
(B) the replacement and consolidation 
plan, including— 
(i) an end-state vision that identifies 
which Department-wide operations, compo-
nent operations, and support offices do not 
migrate to the St. Elizabeths campus and 
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continue to operate at a property in the 
leased portfolio; 
(ii) the number of full-time equivalent 
employees who are expected to operate at 
each property, component, or office; and 
(iii) timing and anticipated leased 
terms, for leased space under the plan re-
ferred to in paragraph (4); and 
(C) the costs and benefits of leasing and 
construction alternatives for the headquarters 
consolidation project. 
(6) A detailed list of alternatives considered by 
the Department during the development of the plan 
referred to in paragraph (4), including the costs and 
benefits of alternatives to such plan. 
(b) UPDATE OF COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES.— 
Not later than 180 days after date of the submittal of 
the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Administrator of General Services, 
shall complete the update of the cost and schedule esti-
mates for the portions of the consolidation project that 
are not yet complete as of such date based on the informa-
tion contained in the report. Consistent with the rec-
ommendation of the Government Accountability Office in 
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GAO–14–648, such estimates shall conform to relevant 
Federal guidance for cost and schedule estimates. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall review the update of 
the cost and schedule estimates under subsection (b) 
to evaluate the quality and reliability of such esti-
mates. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the completion of the update of the cost and 
schedule estimates under subsection (b), the Comp-
troller General shall report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the results of the review 
required by paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 
the meaning given such term under section 
2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
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Affairs and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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