Sponsor
Aaron Bean
Representative · R-FL
Representative · R-FL
The bill shifts headquarters work toward regional offices and demands consolidation and reporting that could save federal real estate costs and increase regional jobs and transparency, but it does so by mandating relocations, limiting telework and legal remedies, and creating privacy, cost, labor‑relations, and disability‑accommodation risks.
Federal workers outside the DC area and regional communities will see more permanent federal jobs placed in regional and rural offices, increasing local employment and in-person services.
Taxpayers could see reduced federal real estate costs and freed capital if agencies sell surplus buildings and cut headquarters footprint by roughly 30%.
Congress, state officials, and the public gain improved transparency and oversight because agencies must report relocation/implementation plans and telework/headquarters staffing data.
Up to roughly 30% of headquarters staff and other employees (especially those in DC) may be forced to relocate or lose full‑time telework, disrupting families, changing pay locality, increasing commuting and childcare costs, and affecting many federal workers' livelihoods.
Individuals and organizations harmed by agency actions under the Act are barred from suing in court, removing a common private legal remedy and reducing accountability for implementation decisions.
Agencies and taxpayers could incur substantial one‑time and administrative costs (moving, lease‑break fees, new locality setups, reporting burdens) that may offset near‑term savings and strain operations.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Requires federal agencies to relocate ≥30% of HQ staff out of the Washington metro area, cut HQ real property ≥30%, change pay locality, restrict full-time telework, and add workforce reporting.
Official title: To require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Aaron Bean · Last progress February 13, 2025
Requires Executive branch agencies to move at least 30% of their headquarters employees out of the Washington metropolitan area, change pay to the new duty-station locality, restrict full-time telework for affected employees, and reduce agency-owned or -leased headquarters real property by at least 30%. It also adds workforce reporting requirements to agency budget justifications, bars relocation incentives in these cases, limits judicial remedies, and makes the law controlling over conflicting laws and collective bargaining terms.