Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 80.
The bill requires the SBA Administrator to relocate at least 30 percent of SBA headquarters employees to offices outside the Washington metropolitan area if the Administrator determines the move will reduce federal costs. Relocated employees would be paid according to their new locality, would not be authorized to telework full-time, and the SBA must reduce headquarters office space by at least 30 percent within two years.
Labor impacts: liberals emphasize worker protections; conservatives prioritize cost savings
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively-focused statute that prescribes concrete operational changes (relocations and office-space reductions) with defined timelines, counts, and reporting obligations.
The bill requires the SBA Administrator to relocate at least 30 percent of SBA headquarters employees to offices outside the Washington metropolitan area if the Administrator determines the move will reduce federal costs.
Relocated employees would be paid according to their new locality, would not be authorized to telework full-time, and the SBA must reduce headquarters office space by at least 30 percent within two years.
The bill requires reporting and specific personnel counts in budget justifications, exempts ADA-qualified telework accommodations from relocation, supersedes other laws and collective bargaining provisions, and bars a private cause of action.
Agency-specific but substantively intrusive to workforce relations; legal and labor pushback plus Senate hurdles reduce standalone odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively-focused statute that prescribes concrete operational changes (relocations and office-space reductions) with defined timelines, counts, and reporting obligations. It includes useful specificity on percentages, deadlines, applicability, and certain exceptions, but leaves out several practical fiscal and personnel implementation details.
Labor impacts: liberals emphasize worker protections; conservatives prioritize cost savings
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Labor impacts: liberals emphasize worker protections; conservatives prioritize cost savings
Likely skeptical overall.
Supports decentralizing federal jobs to serve diverse communities, but concerned about worker pay cuts, collective bargaining preemption, and telework limits.
Will focus on impacts to labor rights, disability accommodations, and recruitment/retention of experienced staff.
Cautiously open to the bill if it demonstrably reduces costs and preserves SBA capacity.
Wants clear implementation plans, phased timelines, and protections for mission continuity and affected employees.
Concerned about operational risks from abrupt workforce changes.
Generally favorable.
Sees the bill as reducing DC-centric bureaucracy, saving taxpayer money, and moving jobs closer to Main Street.
Welcomes limits on full-time telework and reduced headquarters footprint.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Agency-specific but substantively intrusive to workforce relations; legal and labor pushback plus Senate hurdles reduce standalone odds.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Labor impacts: liberals emphasize worker protections; conservatives prioritize cost savings
Agency-specific but substantively intrusive to workforce relations; legal and labor pushback plus Senate hurdles reduce standalone odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is an administratively-focused statute that prescribes concrete operational changes (relocations and office-space reductions) with defined timelines, counts, and repo…
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