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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5486

 To establish a commission to study the relocation of certain agencies 
   outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2024

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To establish a commission to study the relocation of certain agencies 
   outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, 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 ``Commission to Relocate the Federal 
Bureaucracy Act''.

SEC. 2. AGENCY RELOCATION COMMISSION.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Commission established under subsection (b).
            (3) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means an 
        agency that is not a security-related agency, as determined by 
        the President.
            (4) Telework.--The term ``telework'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 6501 of title 5, United States Code.
            (5) Washington, d.c. metropolitan area.--The term 
        ``Washington, D.C. metropolitan area'' means--
                    (A) the District of Columbia;
                    (B) Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the 
                State of Maryland; and
                    (C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William 
                Counties and the City of Alexandria in the Commonwealth 
                of Virginia.
    (b) Establishment.--There is established a Commission to study the 
relocation of covered agencies based in the Washington, D.C. 
metropolitan area to other areas throughout the United States.
    (c) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of--
            (1) the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel 
        Office;
            (2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
            (3) the Comptroller General of the United States;
            (4) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
            (5) the Secretary of Agriculture;
            (6) the Secretary of Commerce;
            (7) the Secretary of Education;
            (8) the Secretary of Energy;
            (9) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
            (10) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
            (11) the Secretary of the Interior;
            (12) the Secretary of Labor;
            (13) the Secretary of Transportation;
            (14) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            (15) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency; and
            (16) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress 
        a report on the study described in subsection (b).
            (2) Factors.--In developing the report required under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall recommend the transfer of 
        covered agencies with consideration of--
                    (A) financial efficiency, including whether the 
                cost of living of an area is below the national 
                average;
                    (B) whether an area has adequate pre-existing 
                infrastructure and available private land to be used 
                for the purpose of covered agencies;
                    (C) whether an area has existing industries 
                relating to the business of a covered agency that can 
                serve as public and private sector partners of the 
                covered agency and strengthen the ability of the 
                covered agency to carry out the duties of the covered 
                agency; and
                    (D) whether, at any time during the 5-year period 
                preceding the date of enactment of this Act, a sizeable 
                portion of the workforce of the covered agency has 
                participated in telework.
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