[Senate Report 115-32]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 41
115th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 115-32
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DHS STOP ASSET AND VEHICLE
EXCESS ACT
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R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
to accompany
H.R. 366
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
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
April 24, 2017.--Ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin, Chairman
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
RAND PAUL, Kentucky JON TESTER, Montana
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota
MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming GARY C. PETERS, Michigan
JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire
STEVE DAINES, Montana KAMALA D. HARRIS, California
Christopher R. Hixon, Staff Director
Gabrielle D'Adamo Singer, Chief Counsel
Elliott A. Walden, Professional Staff Member
Margaret E. Daum, Minority Staff Director
Stacia M. Cardille, Minority Chief Counsel
Subhasri Ramanathan, Minority Counsel
Laura W. Kilbride, Chief Clerk
Calendar No. 41
115th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 115-32
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DHS STOP ASSET AND VEHICLE EXCESS ACT
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April 24, 2017.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 366]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 366) 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, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that
the bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Summary..............................................1
II. Background and Need for the Legislation..........................2
III. Legislative History..............................................4
IV. Section-by-Section Analysis......................................4
V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact..................................5
VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................6
VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Act, as Reported.............7
I. Purpose and Summary
H.R. 366, the DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess Act (DHS
SAVE Act), requires that the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS or the Department) implement uniform standards for more
efficient management of vehicle fleets throughout the
Department. It also makes the Under Secretary for Management
(USM) responsible for oversight of components' and offices'
vehicle fleets. The Act requires the USM, among other things,
to develop and distribute a standardized vehicle allocation
methodology and fleet management plan for components to use to
improve efficiency with the goal of yielding cost-savings and
minimizing the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse.
II. Background and the Need for Legislation
This Committee has a history of working on bipartisan
legislation targeting areas of waste, fraud, and abuse within
the Federal Government. The DHS SAVE Act seeks to address
several longstanding problems with the management of DHS's
vehicle fleet, among the largest civilian fleets within the
Federal Government.\1\ The impetus for this legislation was a
series of DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits that
detailed mismanagement and waste within DHS's ``Home-to-Work''
(HtW) program and the Federal Protective Service (FPS) vehicle
fleet.\2\
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\1\DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-16-02, The FPS Vehicle
Fleet Is Not Managed Effectively 1 (Oct. 2015).
\2\See DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-16-02, The FPS Vehicle
Fleet Is Not Managed Effectively (Oct. 2015); DHS Office of Inspector
General, OIG-14-126, DHS Does Not Adequately Manage or Have Enforcement
Authority Over Its Components' Vehicle Fleet Operations (Aug. 2014);
DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-14-21, DHS Home-to-Work
Transportation (Dec. 2013).
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In December 2013, the OIG examined DHS's HtW program, which
provides transportation assistance, including motor vehicles,
for certain employees to travel from their home to their place
of work.\3\ According to the OIG, the Department spent $534
million on its 56,000 vehicle fleet.\4\ Many of these vehicles
are used by employees for the HtW program.\5\ The OIG reported
that more than 17,400 employees, or 7 percent of the workforce,
are authorized to use HtW transportation.\6\ For two of DHS's
components, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United
States Secret Service, at least 40 percent of the employees
were authorized for HtW.\7\
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\3\DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-14-21, DHS Home-to-Work
Transportation 1 (Dec. 2013).
\4\Id. at 2.
\5\Id.
\6\Id.
\7\Id.
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The OIG found that DHS did not provide adequate oversight
of HtW transportation activities used by its components,
including ensuring that the components were in compliance with
DHS Manual 112-05-001 Home-to-Work Transportation.\8\ This led
to inconsistent compliance across components.\9\ The OIG warned
that the failure of DHS and the components to adequately track,
monitor, and report home-to-work transportation-related
activities ``may hinder detection of waste and abuse.''\10\
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\8\Id. at 1.
\9\Id. at 4 (``Although all Components with HtW transportation
users are required to report information on the program annually to the
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, only two Components have
met this requirement. Consequently, the Department does not have
accurate information on participant eligibility, vehicle mileage,
including mileage associated with commuting and operations, as well as
fuel costs.'').
\10\Id.
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In April 2014, in response to questions asked by then-
Senator Tom Coburn, then-Ranking Member of this Committee, the
Department acknowledged that its ``lack of success in fully
complying with [Home-to-Work] transportation requirements'' was
caused by the ``complexity and inadequate direction of existing
policy.''\11\ A report issued by Senator Coburn early the next
year noted that there may be a lack of accountability at the
Department, stating, ``Although Secretary Johnson wisely issued
a directive in August 2014 to curtail participation in the
[Home-to-Work] program, it is unclear whether managers within
DHS that were responsible for the mismanagement of the Home-to-
Work program were held accountable for the apparent waste,
fraud, and abuse.''\12\
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\11\Letter from Chris Cummiskey, Acting Under Secretary for
Management, DHS, to Sen. Tom Coburn (Apr. 8, 2014) (on file with
Comm.).
\12\Minority Staff of S. Committee on Homeland Sec. & Governmental
Affairs, 113th Cong., A Review of the Department of Homeland Security
Missions and Performance: A Report by Senator Tom Coburn, Ranking
Member (Jan. 2015), available at https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/
minority-media/final-coburn-oversight-report-finds-major-problems-in-
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In August 2014, the OIG issued a report titled DHS Does Not
Adequately Manage or Have Enforcement Authority Over Its
Components' Vehicle Fleet Operations.\13\ The report detailed
an inconsistent approach to vehicle fleet management, with
components managing their own vehicle fleets and overseeing and
approving the acquisition of their own vehicles.\14\ According
to the OIG, DHS ``has a decentralized structure'' and ``relies
heavily on its 11 components to manage and report on motor
vehicle fleet composition.''\15\ This decentralized environment
has left DHS with the inability to ensure that components'
vehicle fleets are of optimal size, cost efficient, and in
compliance with departmental requirements.\16\ For example, the
OIG reported that, in fiscal year 2012, the cost of operating
underused vehicles was between $35 million and $49 million.\17\
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\13\DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-14-126, DHS Does Not
Adequately Manage or Have Enforcement Authority Over Its Components'
Vehicle Fleet Operations 1 (Aug. 2014).
\14\Id.
\15\Id. at 2.
\16\Id. at 1.
\17\Id.
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In October 2015, the OIG conducted an audit of the FPS
vehicle fleet. This report found mismanagement of the FPS fleet
that may have cost $2.5 million in fiscal year 2014 alone.\18\
The audit also highlighted the Department's surplus of vehicles
when it found that FPS had more vehicles than was justified by
its needs.\19\ For example, in fiscal year 2014, FPS had 101
more law enforcement vehicles than full-time law enforcement
positions.\20\ Each spare vehicle cost an average of $9,500 per
year, leaving an annual average cost of $959,500 just in extra
and unused law enforcement vehicles.\21\
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\18\DHS Office of Inspector General, OIG-16-02, The FPS Vehicle
Fleet Is Not Managed Effectively 3 (Oct. 2015).
\19\Id.
\20\Id. at 3-4.
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This bill aims to curtail the waste and mismanagement found
by the OIG in FPS's vehicle fleet by applying standardized
responsibilities across the Department regarding vehicle fleet
management and use of vehicles from home to work. In addition
to creating new responsibilities for the Under Secretary of
Management, this bill also serves to codify existing policies
at DHS that components should be following, but are not
according to the OIG's findings.
III. Legislative History
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA-4) introduced H.R. 366, the DHS Stop
Asset and Vehicle Excess Act, on January 6, 2017, with House
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10)
and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12). H.R. 366 was passed
by the House of Representatives on January 31, 2017, by voice
vote. The Act was received in the Senate and referred to the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
on February 1, 2017.
The Committee considered H.R. 366 at a business meeting on
March 15, 2017. During the business meeting, Chairman Ron
Johnson offered an amendment to streamline the reporting
requirements in the Act by removing the U.S. Government
Accountability Office report and limiting the number of OIG
reports.
The Johnson amendment and the bill, as amended by the
Johnson amendment, were ordered reported favorably en bloc by
voice vote. Senators present for the vote were Johnson,
Portman, Lankford, Daines, McCaskill, Carper, Tester, Heitkamp,
Peters, Hassan, and Harris. Consistent with Committee Rule 11,
the Committee reports the bill with a technical amendment by
mutual agreement of the Chairman and Ranking Member.
IV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Act, as Reported
Section 1. Short title
This section specifies that the Act may be cited as the
``DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess Act'' or the ``DHS SAVE
Act.''
Sec. 2. DHS Vehicle Fleets
Section 2 of the Act amends the Homeland Security Act of
2002 by adding a new subsection to section 701 regarding DHS
Vehicle Fleets.
New subparagraph (C)(1) of Section 701 elevates the
responsibilities of vehicle fleet oversight and management
throughout the Department to the USM. This subsection requires
the USM to: 1) ensure that components' management of fleet
vehicles and HtW policy are in compliance with all applicable
laws, regulations, guidance, and policy; 2) aid components in
their determination of optimal fleet size by creating a
standardized vehicle allocation methodology and fleet
management plan that is to be distributed to all components; 3)
make sure that components are providing adequate documentation
of fleet management decisions; and 4) provide greater oversight
of components by approving fleet management decisions relating
to fleet management plans, vehicle leases, and vehicle
acquisitions.
New subparagraph (C)(2) of Section 701 details the
responsibilities of component heads as it relates to the
management of vehicle fleets and the use of vehicles from HtW.
Component heads must: 1) ensure that their respective fleet
management plans and use of vehicles from HtW are in compliance
with all applicable laws, regulations, guidance, and policy; 2)
maintain accurate and reliable fleet management data; 3)
utilize that data in conjunction with the standardized vehicle
allocation methodology issued by the USM to create a vehicle
allocation tool that is to be used to determine a fleet size
and management plan; and 4) develop annual requests for vehicle
fleet management funding that are based on the vehicle
allocation methodology and fleet management plan. Component
heads may not lease, acquire, or replace vehicles without prior
approval from the USM, except in cases of exigent
circumstances.
New subparagraph (C)(3) of Section 701 requires the USM to
provide quarterly monitoring of component vehicle fleets, with
the goal of achieving the capability to receive automated
information pertaining to component vehicle fleets. Such
monitoring is meant to inform the USM as to whether components'
vehicle fleets are cost effective and of optimal size. The USM
will use this information for the creation of the annual review
of component fleet analyses, as detailed in subparagraph (4).
New subparagraph (C)(4) of Section 701 requires that
component heads develop and submit a vehicle allocation tool
that the USM will use to determine the efficiency of
components' fleets and resources needed for each fiscal year,
beginning with fiscal year 2018. Information to be analyzed in
vehicle allocation tool includes vehicle utilization data, such
as miles driven, and the role played in mission support. This
information is also to be used by component heads in the
development of fleet management plans.
New subparagraph (C)(5) of Section 701 requires the USM to
assist the component heads in the creation of their respective
fleet management plans by providing guidance on, among other
things, leasing or acquiring additional vehicles and disposing
of excess vehicles.
New subparagraph (C)(6) of Section 701 provides that
components' requests for funding for vehicle fleets will be
subject to the annual budget process.
New subparagraph (C)(7) of Section 701 ensures that
Department officials are held accountable for failure to comply
with the provisions of this Act by including penalties, such as
loss of performance compensation and car services.
New subparagraph (C)(8) of Section 701 provides that, in an
effort to reduce the Department's number of excess vehicles,
the USM is authorized to determine the feasibility of
permitting components to share vehicles through the use of a
vehicle motor pool. The results of this determination should be
included in the Department's next annual performance report.
New subparagraph (C)(9) of Section 701 defines the terms
``component head,'' ``excess vehicle,'' ``optimal fleet size,''
and ``vehicle fleet.''
Sec. 3. Inspector General review
This section requires the Inspector General of the
Department to conduct a review of the implementation of, among
other things, the vehicle allocation tool, and an analysis of
cost avoidance, savings realized, and component operations as a
result of the vehicle allocation tool and fleet management
plans.
V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact
Pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 11(b) of rule
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee has
considered the regulatory impact of this Act and determined
that the Act will have no regulatory impact within the meaning
of the rules. The Committee agrees with the Congressional
Budget Office's statement that the Act contains no
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs
on state, local, or tribal governments.
VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
April 5, 2017.
Hon. Ron Johnson,
Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S.
Senate, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 366, the DHS Stop
Asset and Vehicle Excess Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark
Grabowicz.
Sincerely,
Keith Hall.
Enclosure.
H.R. 366--DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess Act
H.R. 366 would direct the Under Secretary of Management for
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to oversee and manage
vehicle fleets throughout the department. Currently, agencies
within DHS (such as Customs and Border Protection) largely
manage their own fleets. The act would require the Under
Secretary to monitor compliance with federal laws and
regulations related to the use of government vehicles, develop
a methodology to determine optimal fleet size, and approve
vehicle leases and acquisitions. H.R. 366 also would require
DHS agencies to report data on vehicle use quarterly and submit
fleet management plans, including cost-benefit analyses,
annually to the Under Secretary.
Based on an analysis of information from DHS, CBO estimates
that implementing H.R. 366 would cost about $2 million in
fiscal year 2018 and about $1 million annually thereafter,
assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. Most of those
funds would cover costs for hiring additional staff for the
Under Secretary and for upgrading computer systems. H.R. 366
could lead to more efficient use of DHS vehicles, but we have
no basis for estimating the magnitude or timing of any savings
that may result.
Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending
or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 366 would not increase net
direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four
consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 366 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Mark Grabowicz.
The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Act, as Reported
In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows: (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in brackets, new matter is
printed in italic, and existing law in which no change is
proposed is shown in roman):
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002
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SEC. 341. UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
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(5) Facilities, property, equipment, vehicle fleets
(under subsection (c)), and other material resources.
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(b) * * *
(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
shall 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.
[(c)] (d) Appointment and Evaluation.--
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[(d)] (e) System for Award Management Consultation.--
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