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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3010

To protect employment and the economy of the District of Columbia by

requiring any Federal agency that seeks to permanently transfer employees from the District of Columbia to receive Congressional approval

of such transfer and to submit a District of Columbia economic impact

statement, to require that headquarters functions of Federal agencies

be carried out in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. WHEAT)

introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees

on Government Operations and the District of Columbia

A BILL

To protect employment and the economy of the District

of Columbia by requiring any Federal agency that seeks

to permanently transfer employees from the District of

Columbia to receive Congressional approval of such

transfer and to submit a District of Columbia economic

impact statement, to require that headquarters functions

of Federal agencies be carried out in the District of

Columbia, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia

3 Economic Impact Notification Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICT ECONOMIC IMPACT

5 STATEMENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TRANS6 FERRING EMPLOYEES OUT OF DISTRICT OF

7 COLUMBIA.

8 (a) REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub10 section (b), if a Federal agency proposes to carry

11 out any program or activity that would result in the

12 transfer of employees whose official station or agen13 cy is located in the District of Columbia to another

14 station or agency that is not located in the District

15 of Columbia for permanent duty, the agency shall—

16 (A) prepare a District of Columbia eco17 nomic impact statement;

18 (B) submit the statement to the Commit19 tee on the District of Columbia of the House of

20 Representatives and the Committee on Govern21 mental Affairs of the Senate not less than 12

22 months before such program or activity is

23 scheduled to begin;

24 (C) submit the statement to the National

25 Capital Planning Commission, Congress, the

26 Administrator of General Services, the Mayor of
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1 the District of Columbia, and the Council of the

2 District of Columbia; and

3 (D) publish the statement in the Federal

4 Register.

5 (2) TREATMENT OF CONTRACTS TO CONSTRUCT

6 OR LEASE FACILITIES.—For purposes of paragraph

7 (1), the entering into of a contract to construct a

8 new facility or to lease an existing facility as the of9 ficial station or agency of employees of a Federal

10 agency shall be considered a program or activity car11 ried out by the agency.

12 (b) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS OF SMALL NUMBER

13 OF EMPLOYEES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in the

14 case of a program or activity of an agency if the number

15 of employees transferred as a result of the program or ac16 tivity to a station or agency that is not located in the Dis17 trict of Columbia would be less than 50.

18 (c) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘Fed19 eral agency’’ means an executive department (as defined

20 in section 101 of title 5, United States Code).

21 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.

22 (a) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.—Ex23 cept as provided in subsection (b), a Federal agency re24 quired to submit a District of Columbia economic impact

25 statement under section 2 may not carry out the program
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1 or activity that is the subject of the statement unless Con2 gress enacts legislation specifically approving the program

3 or activity.

4 (b) EXCEPTION FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.—

5 Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any program

6 or activity if the Federal agency submits a certification

7 to the Committees described in subsection (c) that an

8 emergency exists which requires that the program or activ9 ity be carried out in the national security interest of the

10 United States. The certification shall include a description

11 of the emergency circumstances which necessitate the car12 rying out of the program or activity and a discussion of

13 the national security interests involved.

14 (c) COMMITTEES TO WHICH LEGISLATION RE15 FERRED.—Legislation described in subsection (a) shall be

16 referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia of

17 the House of Representatives or the Committee on Gov18 ernmental Affairs of the Senate by the Speaker of the

19 House of Representatives or the President of the Senate

20 (as the case may be).

21 SEC. 4. PREPARATION OF STATEMENTS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—A District of Columbia economic

23 impact statement prepared by an agency under section 2

24 shall describe the adverse effects of the program or activ25 ity that is the subject of the statement on the economy
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1 of and employment in the District of Columbia, and shall

2 include the following:

3 (1) A socioeconomic analysis of the effects of

4 the program or activity on the District of Columbia.

5 (2) A projection of the effect of the program or

6 activity on unemployment in the District of Colum7 bia, including unemployment among employees of

8 other Federal and non-Federal entities who may be

9 affected by the program or activity.

10 (3) An analysis of the impact of the program or

11 activity on the number of people residing in the Dis12 trict of Columbia and the resulting impact on the

13 District’s tax base, the housing market in the Dis14 trict, businesses in the District, and the demand for

15 services provided by the District government.

16 (b) CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS.—In

17 preparing a District of Columbia economic impact state18 ment under section 2, a Federal agency shall consult with

19 the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council of the

20 District of Columbia, and the National Capital Planning

21 Commission. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and

22 the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia

23 shall provide the Federal agency with comments on the

24 statement, and the Federal agency shall include such com25 ments in the circulation of the statement.
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1 SEC. 5. REQUIRING HEADQUARTERS FUNCTIONS OF FED2 ERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO BE LO3 CATED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The headquarters functions of

5 each executive department shall be carried out in the

6 District of Columbia.

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

8 (1) the term ‘‘executive department’’ has the

9 meaning given such term in section 101 of title 5,

10 United States Code; and

11 (2) the term ‘‘headquarters functions’’ means

12 any function or activity of the Federal Government

13 relating to the administration of national laws, the

14 formulation of policy directives and regulations, the

15 needs of the President for consultation with officers

16 of executive departments, or any other activities nec17 essary for the efficient functioning of the Federal

18 Government, and includes related administrative and

19 support services.

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to

21 functions carried out on or after the date of the enactment

22 of this Act, except that nothing in such subsection shall

23 be construed to require an executive department carrying

24 out such functions at a location other than the District

25 of Columbia before such date to carry out such functions

26 in the District of Columbia after such date.
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1 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 Except as provided in section 5(c), the requirements

3 of this Act shall apply to functions, programs, or activities

4 of Federal agencies that are carried out during any fiscal

5 year beginning after September 30, 1994.

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