Sec. 115. Field efficiencies plan
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Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a field efficiencies plan that— examines the facilities and administrative and logistics functions of components of the Department of Homeland Security located within designated geographic areas; and provides specific recommendations and an associated cost-benefit analysis for the consolidation of the facilities and administrative and logistics functions of components of the Department within each designated geographic area.
The field efficiencies plan submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An accounting of leases held by the Department or its components that have expired in the current fiscal year or will be expiring in the next fiscal year, that have begun or been renewed in the current fiscal year, or that the Department or its components plan to sign or renew in the next fiscal year. For each designated geographic area— An evaluation of specific facilities at which components, or operational entities of components, of the Department may be closed or consolidated, including consideration of when leases expire or facilities owned by the government become available. An evaluation of potential consolidation with facilities of other Federal, State, or local entities, including— offices; warehouses; training centers; housing; ports, shore facilities, and airfields; laboratories; and other assets as determined by the Secretary. An evaluation of the potential for the consolidation of administrative and logistics functions, including— facility maintenance; fleet vehicle services; mail handling and shipping and receiving; facility security; procurement of goods and services; information technology and telecommunications services and support; and additional ways to improve unity of effort and cost savings for field operations and related support activities as determined by the Secretary. An implementation plan, including— near-term actions that can co-locate, consolidate, or dispose of property within 24 months; identifying long-term occupancy agreements or leases that cannot be changed without a significant cost to the Government; and how the Department can ensure it has the capacity, in both personnel and funds, needed to cover up-front costs to achieve consolidation and efficiencies. An accounting of any consolidation of the real estate footprint of the Department or any component of the Department, including the co-location of personnel from different components, offices, and agencies within the Department.