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Orders the Secretary of Energy to relocate the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the move to be completed by December 31, 2026. Requires the Secretary to send Congress a report within one year after the move describing employee attrition, the extent to which the relocation caused that attrition, steps to address it, and how the move affected employees’ ability to negotiate through representatives.
The Secretary of Energy must relocate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The relocation required in subsection (a) must be completed not later than December 31, 2026.
Not later than 1 year after the relocation is completed, the Secretary of Energy must submit a report to Congress.
The report must describe any attrition of employees from the Office during and after the relocation.
The report must describe the extent to which that attrition is attributable to the relocation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Primary direct effects fall on the DOE office being moved and its employees. Staff currently located in Washington, DC may face relocation, job loss, or separation if they do not move; the law requires a later report that must quantify attrition and attribute portions of it to the move. That reporting requirement can influence Department staffing responses, hiring plans, and retention efforts. Labor organizations or employee representatives may be affected because the report must analyze impacts on negotiation ability and representative processes. The relocation will also shift some federal job presence and related economic activity from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh, which could benefit local employers and services in Pittsburgh while reducing local employment footprint and spending in the current DC location. Department operational continuity, knowledge retention, and program delivery could face short- to medium-term disruption depending on attrition and recruiting success. Because the statute does not specify funding, the Department will need to use existing authorities and appropriations to cover relocation costs and mitigation, or seek additional appropriations separately.
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Introduced on June 12, 2025 by David Harold McCormick
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