Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act

Bill: 118-s-5486
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-12-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5486 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 11, 2024 Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To establish a commission to study the relocation of certain agencies outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act . 2. Agency relocation commission (a) Definitions (1) Agency The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Commission The term Commission means the Commission established under subsection (b). (3) Covered agency The term covered agency means an agency that is not a security-related agency, as determined by the President. (4) Telework The term telework has the meaning given the term in section 6501 of title 5, United States Code. (5) Washington, D.C. metropolitan area The term Washington, D.C. metropolitan area means— (A) the District of Columbia; (B) Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in the State of Maryland; and (C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties and the City of Alexandria in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (b) Establishment There is established a Commission to study the relocation of covered agencies based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to other areas throughout the United States. (c) Membership The Commission shall be composed of— (1) the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office; (2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; (3) the Comptroller General of the United States; (4) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (5) the Secretary of Agriculture; (6) the Secretary of Commerce; (7) the Secretary of Education; (8) the Secretary of Energy; (9) the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (10) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (11) the Secretary of the Interior; (12) the Secretary of Labor; (13) the Secretary of Transportation; (14) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; (15) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and (16) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. (d) Report (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the study described in subsection (b). (2) Factors In developing the report required under paragraph (1), the Commission shall recommend the transfer of covered agencies with consideration of— (A) financial efficiency, including whether the cost of living of an area is below the national average; (B) whether an area has adequate pre-existing infrastructure and available private land to be used for the purpose of covered agencies; (C) whether an area has existing industries relating to the business of a covered agency that can serve as public and private sector partners of the covered agency and strengthen the ability of the covered agency to carry out the duties of the covered agency; and (D) whether, at any time during the 5-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act, a sizeable portion of the workforce of the covered agency has participated in telework.