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Union Calendar No. 80 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2027 
[Report No. 119–109] 
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 
MAY 21, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 11, 2025] 
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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. 
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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 of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(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 meaning 
given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Federal 
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 
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(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. 
(5) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.— 
The term ‘‘headquarters of the Administration’’ 
means the building serving as the principal manage-
rial and administrative center of the Administration 
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 
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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 geo-
graphic area to which the Washington metropolitan 
area rate of pay applies. 
(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 Federal Gov-
ernment (which determination the Administrator shall ex-
plain in detail in the report required under subsection (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 loca-
tion outside the Washington metropolitan area, which 
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shall be at locations throughout the regions of the Ad-
ministration; and 
(2) for each employee of the Administration 
whose permanent duty station is changed under para-
graph (1), ensure that— 
(A) the rate of pay of the employee is cal-
culated based on the pay locality for the perma-
nent duty station of the employee; and 
(B) the employee is not authorized to 
telework on a full-time basis. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF NEW DUTY STATIONS.—In de-
termining the permanent duty stations of headquarters em-
ployees of the Administration under subsection (a)(1), the 
Administrator shall— 
(1) promote geographic diversity, including con-
sideration of rural markets; and 
(2) ensure adequate staffing throughout the re-
gions of the Administration, to promote in-person 
customer service. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR A 
CHANGE IN DUTY STATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Administrator shall include each head-
quarters employee of the Administration as eligible 
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for a change in permanent duty station under sub-
section (a). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—A headquarters employee of the 
Administration who is a qualified individual who re-
ceives an accommodation to telework on a full-time 
basis as a reasonable accommodation under title I of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12111 et seq.)— 
(A) shall not be determined to be eligible for 
a change in permanent duty station under sub-
section (a); and 
(B) shall be counted as a headquarters em-
ployee of the Administration for purposes of 
complying with subsection (a)(1). 
(3) NOTICE
OF
DETERMINATION
OF
ELIGI-
BILITY.—Not later than the day before the date on 
which the Administrator submits the report required 
under subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify 
each headquarters employee of the Administration 
who the Administrator determines is eligible for a 
change in permanent duty station under subsection 
(a) of that determination. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
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manent duty station will be changed to be at an office 
of the Administration located outside the Washington 
metropolitan area under subsection (a)— 
(A) that, effective 90 days after the date of 
the notification— 
(i) the permanent duty station of the 
employee shall be changed; 
(ii) the rate of pay of the employee 
shall be calculated based on the pay locality 
for such permanent duty station; and 
(iii) the employee shall not be author-
ized to telework on a full-time basis; and 
(B) of the location of such permanent duty 
station. 
(2) FULL-TIME
TELEWORKERS
REMAINING
IN 
THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For any employee de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), effective on the 
date that is 180 days after the date on which the 
Administrator submits the report required under 
subsection (d), the employee shall not be author-
ized to telework on a full-time basis. 
(B) EMPLOYEES
COVERED.—An employee 
described in this subparagraph is a headquarters 
employee of the Administration— 
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(i) who teleworks on a full-time basis, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(ii) who is not subject to an exception 
under subsection (c)(2); and 
(iii) whose permanent duty station is 
not changed to be an office of the Adminis-
tration at a location outside the Washington 
metropolitan area under subsection (a). 
(3) NO RELOCATION INCENTIVES.—If, pursuant 
to this Act, the official worksite (as defined in section 
531.602 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation) of an employee changes 
from the residence of the employee to the headquarters 
of the Administration, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the employee shall not be paid any 
relocation incentive. 
SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN HEADQUARTERS OFFICE SPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall reduce the 
amount of office space for the headquarters of the Adminis-
tration by not less than 30 percent. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) begin reducing office space under subsection 
(a) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
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(2) complete the reduction of office space re-
quired under subsection (a) not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN BUDGET JUSTIFICA-
TION MATERIALS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS. 
The Administrator shall include in the first budget jus-
tification materials of the Administration submitted after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and the budget justifica-
tion materials of the Administration for each fiscal year 
thereafter— 
(1) the number of headquarters employees of the 
Administration; 
(2) the number of employees of the Administra-
tion assigned to a permanent duty station in— 
(A) a field office of the Administration; 
(B) a district office of the Administration; 
or 
(C) a regional office of the Administration; 
(3) the number of employees of the Administra-
tion who telework on a full-time basis; and 
(4) the number of employees of the Administra-
tion who are a qualified individual who receives an 
accommodation to telework on a full-time basis as a 
reasonable accommodation under title I of the Ameri-
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cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 
et seq.). 
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance is held to be uncon-
stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application 
of the provision to any other person or circumstance shall 
not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 7. SUPERSESSION. 
This Act shall supersede any other provision of law 
and any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or 
master labor agreement. 
SEC. 8. NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish a 
private cause of action, equitable or otherwise, to challenge 
any selection, change, or decision made, or action taken, 
under this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 80 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2027 
[Report No. 119–109] 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to relocate 30 percent of the em-
ployees assigned to headquarters to duty stations 
outside the Washington metropolitan area, and 
for other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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