Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 24, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 25, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 17, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the General Services Administration (GSA), to submit a report on the DHS headquarters consolidation project within the National Capital Region, including:
- a proposed occupancy plan that includes specific information about which DHS-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;
- a comprehensive assessment of the real property needed by DHS in the Region to carry out its mission to secure the homeland and defend against terrorism;
- an analysis of the difference between the current and needed capital assets and facilities of DHS;
- a current plan for construction of the headquarters consolidation at the St. Elizabeth's campus that includes the estimated costs and schedule for the current plan and any estimated costs savings associated with reducing the scope of the project and increasing the use of existing capacity developed under the project;
- a current plan for the leased portfolio of DHS in the Region that includes the total rentable square feet, number of personnel, and proposed utilization rates, the replacement and consolidation plan, including an end-state vision that identifies which DHS-wide operations, component operations, and support offices do not migrate to the St. Elizabeths campus and continue to operate at a property in the leased portfolio, the number of full time equivalent employees who are expected to operate at each property, component, or office, and timing and anticipated leased terms for leased space, and the costs and benefits of leasing and construction alternatives; and
- a detailed list of alternatives considered by DHS during the plan's development, including their costs and benefits.
Directs DHS, in coordination with GSA, to complete the update of the cost and schedule estimates for the portions of the project that are not yet complete based on the information contained in the report. Directs the Comptroller General to review the update, evaluate the quality and reliability of such estimates, and report on the results.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2015 to May 12, 2015; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | May 12, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 25, 2015Markup May 20, 2015Reported Jun 17, 2015 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2015Markup May 13, 2015Reported May 13, 2015 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2015 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 23, 2015Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 23, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4564-4566)
- Jun 23, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1640.
- Jun 23, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4564-4565)
- Jun 23, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 17, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-166.
- Jun 17, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 122.
- May 20, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 20, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 13, 2015Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 13, 2015Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Apr 7, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
- Mar 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4564–H4566Text printed H4564 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, Mark Walker R-NC, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jun 23, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 3, 2015H.R. 1640, Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 50, March 25, 2015, page H2035.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1638 | Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 29, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a report on the Department of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation project in the National Capital Region, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2015Referred in Senate
- Jun 23, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jun 17, 2015Reported in House
- Mar 25, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
