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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2027 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 
30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations 
outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2025 
Mr. ALFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned 
to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington 
metropolitan area, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Returning SBA to 
Main Street Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean 
the Small Business Administration and the Adminis-
trator thereof, respectively. 
(2) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.—The 
term ‘‘budget justification materials’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Fed-
eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 
of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 
(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(4) HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYEE OF THE ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—The term ‘‘headquarters employee of 
the Administration’’ means— 
(A) an employee of the Administration 
whose permanent duty station is at the head-
quarters of the Administration; or 
(B) an employee of the Administration— 
(i) who teleworks on a full-time basis; 
and 
(ii) whose rate of pay is calculated 
based on the Washington metropolitan 
area rate of pay. 
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(5) HEADQUARTERS
OF
THE
ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The term ‘‘headquarters of the Administra-
tion’’ means the building serving as the principal 
managerial and administrative center of the Admin-
istration, in accordance with section 4(a) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(a)). 
(6) PAY LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘pay locality’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 5302 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(7) RURAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’ means any area 
that is not designated as an urban area, based on 
the most recent data available from the Bureau of 
the Census. 
(8) TELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 6501 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(9) TELEWORK ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.—The 
term ‘‘telework on a full-time basis’’ means that an 
employee is authorized to telework for 100 percent 
of the work days of the employee per pay period. 
(10) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.—The 
term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area’’ means the ge-
ographic area to which the Washington metropolitan 
area rate of pay applies. 
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(11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA RATE 
OF PAY.—The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area 
rate of pay’’ means the rate of pay in effect for the 
pay locality designated as ‘‘Washington-Baltimore- 
Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA’’. 
SEC. 3. RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sions of law, and not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, if the Administrator determines 
that implementing the requirements under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection will reduce the cost to the Fed-
eral Government (which determination the Administrator 
shall explain in detail in the report required under sub-
section (d) of this section) the Administrator shall— 
(1) change the permanent duty station of not 
less than 30 percent of the headquarters employees 
of the Administration, as of the date of enactment 
of this Act, to be at an office of the Administration 
at a location outside the Washington metropolitan 
area, which shall be at locations throughout the re-
gions of the Administration; and 
(2) for each employee of the Administration 
whose permanent duty station is changed under 
paragraph (1), ensure that— 
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