(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 
determining the permanent duty stations of headquarters 
employees 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 
headquarters employee of the Administration as eli-
gible for a change in permanent duty station under 
subsection (a). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—A headquarters employee of 
the Administration who is a qualified individual who 
receives an accommodation to telework on a full-time 
basis as a reasonable accommodation under title I of 
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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 
subsection (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 Entrepreneur-
ship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives a report that provides— 
(1) the number of headquarters employees of 
the Administration, as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
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(2) the number of headquarters employees of 
the Administration identified as eligible for a change 
in permanent duty station, in accordance with sub-
section (c); 
(3) the number of headquarters employees of 
the Administration whose permanent duty station 
will be changed to be at an office of the Administra-
tion at a location outside the Washington metropoli-
tan area under subsection (a); 
(4) the number of headquarters employees of 
the Administration subject to an exception under 
subsection (c)(2); and 
(5) the plan of the Administrator to implement 
subsection (a). 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 60 days, 
and not later than 90 days, after the date on which 
the Administrator submits the report required under 
subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify each 
headquarters employee of the Administration whose 
permanent duty station will be changed to be at an 
office of the Administration located outside the 
Washington metropolitan area under subsection 
(a)— 
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(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 local-
ity 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 
authorized to telework on a full-time basis. 
(B) EMPLOYEES COVERED.—An employee 
described in this subparagraph is a head-
quarters employee of the Administration— 
(i) who teleworks on a full-time basis, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act; 
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(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 Wash-
ington metropolitan area under subsection 
(a). 
(3) NO RELOCATION INCENTIVES.—If, pursuant 
to this Act, the official worksite (as defined in sec-
tion 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 head-
quarters 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 Ad-
ministration 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 
justification materials of the Administration submitted 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and the budget 
justification 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 Amer-
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icans 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 un-
constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
tion 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 chal-
lenge any selection, change, or decision made, or action 
taken, under this Act. 
Æ 
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