[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 366 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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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 Representatives 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 following new
subsection:
``(c) Vehicle Fleets.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out responsibilities
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 Secretary shall also be responsible for
the following:
``(A) Ensuring that components are in compliance
with Federal law, Federal regulations, executive branch
guidance, and Department policy (including associated
guidance) relating to fleet management and use of
vehicles from home to work.
``(B) Developing and distributing a standardized
vehicle allocation methodology and fleet management
plan for components to use to determine optimal fleet
size in accordance with paragraph (4).
``(C) Ensuring that components formally document
fleet management decisions.
``(D) Approving component fleet management plans,
vehicle leases, and vehicle acquisitions.
``(2) Component responsibilities.--
``(A) In general.--Component heads--
``(i) shall--
``(I) comply with Federal law,
Federal regulations, executive branch
guidance, and Department policy
(including associated guidance)
relating to fleet management and use of
vehicles from home to work;
``(II) ensure that data related to
fleet management is accurate and
reliable;
``(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
determine the optimal fleet size for
the next fiscal year and a fleet
management plan; and
``(IV) use vehicle allocation
methodologies 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 vehicles
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 circumstances 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 Secretary an explanation of
such circumstances.
``(3) Ongoing oversight.--
``(A) Quarterly monitoring.--In accordance with
paragraph (4), the Under Secretary for Management shall
collect, on a quarterly 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 component 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 component
information provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) and,
as appropriate, subparagraph (B), to ensure that
component vehicle fleets are the optimal fleet size and
cost effective. The Under Secretary shall use such
information 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 optimal 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 vehicle 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 determines that
such is necessary to protect operations or mission
requirements.
``(B) Vehicle allocation tool.--Component heads
develop a vehicle allocation tool in accordance with
subclause (III) of paragraph (2)(A)(i) that includes an
analysis of the following:
``(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 accordance with
such paragraph.
``(ii) The role of vehicle fleets in
supporting mission requirements for each
component.
``(iii) Any other information determined
relevant by such component heads.
``(C) Fleet management plans.--Component heads
shall use information described in subparagraph (B) to
develop a fleet management plan for each such
component. Such fleet management plans shall include
the following:
``(i) A plan for how each such component
may achieve optimal fleet size determined by
the vehicle allocation tool required under such
subparagraph, including the elimination of
excess vehicles in accordance with paragraph
(5), if applicable.
``(ii) A cost benefit analysis supporting
such plan.
``(iii) A schedule each such component will
follow to obtain optimal fleet size.
``(iv) Any other information determined
relevant by component heads.
``(D) Review.--The Under Secretary for Management
shall review and make a determination on the results of
each component's vehicle allocation tool and fleet
management plan under this paragraph to ensure each
such component's vehicle fleets are the optimal fleet
size and that components are in compliance with
applicable Federal law, Federal regulations, executive
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 management plans.--The
Under Secretary for Management shall provide guidance, pursuant
to paragraph (1)(B) on how component heads may achieve optimal
fleet size in accordance with paragraph (4), including
processes for the following:
``(A) Leasing or acquiring additional vehicles or
replacing existing vehicles, if determined necessary.
``(B) Disposing of excess vehicles that the Under
Secretary determines should not be reallocated 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 furtherance 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 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate regarding such component vehicle fleets.
``(7) Accountability for vehicle fleet management.--
``(A) Prohibition on certain new vehicle leases and
acquisitions.--The Under Secretary for Management and
component heads may not approve in any fiscal year
beginning with fiscal year 2019 a vehicle lease,
acquisition, or replacement request if such component
heads did not comply in the prior fiscal year with
paragraph (4).
``(B) Prohibition on certain performance
compensation.--No Department official with vehicle
fleet management responsibilities may receive annual
performance compensation in pay in any fiscal year
beginning with fiscal year 2019 if such official did
not comply in the prior fiscal year with paragraph (4).
``(C) Prohibition on certain car services.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no senior
executive service official of the Department whose
office has a vehicle fleet may receive access to a car
service in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
2019 if such official did not comply in the prior
fiscal year with paragraph (4).
``(8) Motor pool.--
``(A) In general.--The Under Secretary for
Management may determine the feasibility of operating a
vehicle motor pool to permit components to share
vehicles as necessary to support mission requirements
to reduce the number of excess vehicles in the
Department.
``(B) Requirements.--The determination of
feasibility of operating a vehicle motor pool under
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) include--
``(I) regions in the United States
in which multiple components with
vehicle fleets are located in proximity
to one another, or a significant number
of employees with authorization to use
vehicles are located; and
``(II) law enforcement vehicles;
``(ii) cover the National Capital Region;
and
``(iii) take into account different mission
requirements.
``(C) Report.--The Secretary shall include in the
Department's next annual performance report required
under current law the results of the determination
under this paragraph.
``(9) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Component head.--The term `component head'
means the head of any component of the Department with
a vehicle fleet.
``(B) Excess vehicle.--The term `excess vehicle'
means any vehicle that is not essential to support
mission requirements of a component.
``(C) Optimal fleet size.--The term `optimal fleet
size' means, with respect to a particular component,
the appropriate number of vehicles to support mission
requirements of such component.
``(D) Vehicle fleet.--The term `vehicle fleet'
means all owned, commercially leased, or Government-
leased vehicles of the Department or of a component of
the Department, as the case may be, including vehicles
used for law enforcement and other purposes.''.
SEC. 3. GAO REPORT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.
(a) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
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 a report on the following:
(1) The status of efforts at achieving a capability to
collect automated information as required under subsection
(c)(3) of section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 341), as added by section 2 of this Act, and any
challenges that remain with respect to achieving the capability
to collect, assess, and report vehicle fleet (as such term in
defined in subsection (c)(9) of such section 701) data for the
purpose of determining vehicle utilization.
(2) The extent to which the Under Secretary for Management
has identified and addressed any relevant security concerns,
including cybersecurity risks, related to such automation.
(3) The extent to which the Under Secretary collects,
assesses, and reports on vehicle fleet event data recorder
data.
(b) Inspector General Review.--The Inspector General of the
Department of Homeland Security shall--
(1) review implementation of subsection (c)(4) of section
701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341), as
added by section 2 of this Act, for fiscal years 2018 and 2020,
and shall provide, upon request, to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
information regarding any such review; and
(2) submit to the committees specified in paragraph (1) a
report, not later than 6 months after completion of the second
review required under such paragraph, regarding the
effectiveness of such subsection with respect to cost
avoidance, savings realized, and component operations.
Passed the House of Representatives January 31, 2017.
Attest:
Clerk.
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.