Title: Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocation Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocation Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit a strategy, including a proposed time line, for relocating the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from Washington, DC, to Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming in a manner that will save the maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable.
The bill authorizes such relocation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1007 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1007

   To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategy to 
    relocate the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from 
   Washington, DC, to a western State in a manner that will save the 
 maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2017

Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. 
    Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategy to 
    relocate the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from 
   Washington, DC, to a western State in a manner that will save the 
 maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Land Management 
Headquarters Relocation Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Western state.--The term ``western State'' means any of 
        the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 
        Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or 
        Wyoming.

SEC. 3. STRATEGY FOR RELOCATING THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BUREAU OF LAND 
              MANAGEMENT FROM WASHINGTON, DC, TO A WESTERN STATE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives a strategy for relocating the 
headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, DC, to a 
western State in a manner that will save the maximum amount of taxpayer 
money practicable.
    (b) Requirements.--The strategy submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) metrics for choosing a location for the relocated 
        headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management;
            (2) a description of the determining factors in favor of 
        the relocation; and
            (3) a proposed timeline for the relocation.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR RELOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BUREAU 
              OF LAND MANAGEMENT FROM WASHINGTON, DC, TO A WESTERN 
              STATE.

    Notwithstanding section 72 of title 4, United States Code, the 
Secretary may relocate the headquarters of the Bureau of Land 
Management from Washington, DC, to a western State specified by the 
Secretary.
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