Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Creates a federal Commission to study relocating non-security federal agencies headquartered in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to other U.S. regions. The Commission, composed of executive-branch agency heads and officials, must report to Congress within one year and recommend transfers based on cost, infrastructure, industry presence, telework history, technology, and opportunity/distressed-area criteria.
Liberals emphasize worker protections and agency capacity concerns
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates a statutorily defined commission with explicit membership, a one-year reporting requirement, and detailed factors and a numerical target for relocation recommendations, but it omits funding, staffing, and operational authorities that would typically be expected for a commission charged with producing an expansive, actionable study.
Creates a federal Commission to study relocating non-security federal agencies headquartered in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to other U.S. regions.
The Commission, composed of executive-branch agency heads and officials, must report to Congress within one year and recommend transfers based on cost, infrastructure, industry presence, telework history, technology, and opportunity/distressed-area criteria.
The Commission must consult local stakeholders and prioritize a goal of relocating at least 100,000 covered agency employees outside the DC metropolitan area.
A narrowly focused, nonbinding commission has modest chance, but Senate hurdles and political sensitivity lower prospects.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates a statutorily defined commission with explicit membership, a one-year reporting requirement, and detailed factors and a numerical target for relocation recommendations, but it omits funding, staffing, and operational authorities that would typically be expected for a commission charged with producing an expansive, actionable study.
Liberals emphasize worker protections and agency capacity concerns
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals emphasize worker protections and agency capacity concerns
Viewed cautiously: progressives may welcome economic investment outside DC but worry about disruption to agency capacity, worker protections, and politicized selection.
Support is conditional on safeguards for employees, civil service integrity, and preservation of program effectiveness.
Because this is a study, some see potential benefits if paired with labor and equity protections.
Pragmatic and generally favorable toward a study assessing decentralization benefits.
Sees potential for cost savings and regional development but demands rigorous cost-benefit analysis, transition planning, and minimal service disruption.
Views as reasonable if the report is evidence-based and includes implementation safeguards.
Generally supportive: decentralization seen as limiting DC-centric bureaucracy and boosting Heartland economies.
Favors using telework and opportunity-zone criteria to shift jobs and lower federal overhead.
Wants relocations done efficiently with security exclusions maintained.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
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Still ahead
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A narrowly focused, nonbinding commission has modest chance, but Senate hurdles and political sensitivity lower prospects.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize worker protections and agency capacity concerns
A narrowly focused, nonbinding commission has modest chance, but Senate hurdles and political sensitivity lower prospects.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates a statutorily defined commission with explicit membership, a one-year reporting requirement, and detailed factors and a numerical target for relocation recomm…
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