Streamlining DHS Overhead Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), who shall: (1) develop policies and procedures and provide program oversight to manage DHS property, equipment, and material resources; and (2) manage and execute mission support services within the National Capital Region for DHS real property, facilities, headquarters, and field activities.

DHS shall develop: (1) an initial five-year regional real property strategy, which shall be geographically organized; (2) a subsequent five-year real property strategy; and (3) a department-wide policy implementing such strategies.

Such strategies shall, among other things:

• identify opportunities to consolidate real property, optimize the usage of federal assets, and decrease the number of commercial leases and square footage within DHS's real property portfolio;
• provide alternate housing and consolidation plans to increase efficiency through joint use of DHS spaces while decreasing the reliance on and cost of leased space;
• concentrate on geographical areas with a significant DHS presence; and
• prioritize actions to be taken to improve the operations and management of DHS's real property inventory based on life-cycle cost estimations.

The implementation policies shall require components: (1) to certify to DHS that such components have investigated all possibilities related to co-locating, consolidating, or partnering with other components before making any major real property acquisition or recommendation; and (2) acting through regional property managers, to report annually to DHS on underutilized space and identify space that may be made available for use by other components or federal or state agencies through reimbursable or other agreements.

Each component shall identify a senior career employee to serve as the property manager for each geographic region.