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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 employ-
ees 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.
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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Economic Impact Notification Act’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICT ECONOMIC IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TRANS-
FERRING EMPLOYEES OUT OF DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
(a) REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), if a Federal agency proposes to carry
out any program or activity that would result in the
transfer of employees whose official station or agen-
cy is located in the District of Columbia to another
station or agency that is not located in the District
of Columbia for permanent duty, the agency shall—
(A) prepare a District of Columbia eco-
nomic impact statement;
(B) submit the statement to the Commit-
tee on the District of Columbia of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate not less than 12
months before such program or activity is
scheduled to begin;
(C) submit the statement to the National
Capital Planning Commission, Congress, the
Administrator of General Services, the Mayor of
the District of Columbia, and the Council of the
District of Columbia; and
(D) publish the statement in the Federal
Register.
(2) TREATMENT OF CONTRACTS TO CONSTRUCT
OR LEASE FACILITIES.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), the entering into of a contract to construct a
new facility or to lease an existing facility as the of-
ficial station or agency of employees of a Federal
agency shall be considered a program or activity car-
ried out by the agency.
(b) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS OF SMALL NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in the
case of a program or activity of an agency if the number
of employees transferred as a result of the program or ac-
tivity to a station or agency that is not located in the Dis-
trict of Columbia would be less than 50.
(c) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral agency’’ means an executive department (as defined
in section 101 of title 5, United States Code).
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), a Federal agency re-
quired to submit a District of Columbia economic impact
statement under section 2 may not carry out the program
or activity that is the subject of the statement unless Con-
gress enacts legislation specifically approving the program
or activity.
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.—
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any program
or activity if the Federal agency submits a certification
to the Committees described in subsection (c) that an
emergency exists which requires that the program or activ-
ity be carried out in the national security interest of the
United States. The certification shall include a description
of the emergency circumstances which necessitate the car-
rying out of the program or activity and a discussion of
the national security interests involved.
(c) COMMITTEES
TO
WHICH
LEGISLATION
RE-
FERRED.—Legislation described in subsection (a) shall be
referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia of
the House of Representatives or the Committee on Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives or the President of the Senate
(as the case may be).
SEC. 4. PREPARATION OF STATEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A District of Columbia economic
impact statement prepared by an agency under section 2
shall describe the adverse effects of the program or activ-
ity that is the subject of the statement on the economy
of and employment in the District of Columbia, and shall
include the following:
(1) A socioeconomic analysis of the effects of
the program or activity on the District of Columbia.
(2) A projection of the effect of the program or
activity on unemployment in the District of Colum-
bia, including unemployment among employees of
other Federal and non-Federal entities who may be
affected by the program or activity.
(3) An analysis of the impact of the program or
activity on the number of people residing in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the resulting impact on the
District’s tax base, the housing market in the Dis-
trict, businesses in the District, and the demand for
services provided by the District government.
(b) CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS.—In
preparing a District of Columbia economic impact state-
ment under section 2, a Federal agency shall consult with
the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council of the
District of Columbia, and the National Capital Planning
Commission. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
shall provide the Federal agency with comments on the
statement, and the Federal agency shall include such com-
ments in the circulation of the statement.
SEC. 5. REQUIRING HEADQUARTERS FUNCTIONS OF FED-
ERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO BE LO-
CATED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The headquarters functions of
each executive department shall be carried out in the
District of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘executive department’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 5,
United States Code; and
(2) the term ‘‘headquarters functions’’ means
any function or activity of the Federal Government
relating to the administration of national laws, the
formulation of policy directives and regulations, the
needs of the President for consultation with officers
of executive departments, or any other activities nec-
essary for the efficient functioning of the Federal
Government, and includes related administrative and
support services.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to
functions carried out on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, except that nothing in such subsection shall
be construed to require an executive department carrying
out such functions at a location other than the District
of Columbia before such date to carry out such functions
in the District of Columbia after such date.