H.R. 2190 would establish a new position—Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer—in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to oversee the management of DHS property and other assets. The bill would require DHS to develop a five-year strategy to consolidate properties and to use its facilities more efficiently. H.R. 2190 also would direct agencies within DHS (such as the Coast Guard and the Secret Service) to assign an employee in each region of the United States to manage the agency’s properties in that part of the country.
There are DHS personnel that currently oversee the management of department property, including properties for DHS agencies located throughout the United States. Based on information from DHS, we do not expect the department to hire new personnel to carry out the provisions of H.R. 2190. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 annually; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2190 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 2190 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.
