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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the bill including "employee" (excluding national security personnel), "headquarters employee" (including full-time teleworkers paid at DC rates), "Executive agency," "Washington, mandates that each Executive agency relocate at least 30% of headquarters employees to regional offices outside the Washington DC metro area within one year, and requires each Executive agency to include in annual budget justification materials to Congress: the number of headquarters employees, employees at field/district/regional offices, employees who telework full-time. It relies on reporting requirements, definition changes, compliance mandates, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Finance.
Who Benefits and How
National security agency employees (DOD, DHS, intelligence) would be affected, Federal employees with ADA telework accommodations would be affected, and Executive agencies implementing the Act could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal headquarters employees in Washington DC could face higher costs, Federal employees who telework full-time would take on compliance duties, and Federal employees transitioning from telework to office could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Establishes key definitions for the bill including "employee" (excluding national security personnel), "headquarters employee" (including full-time teleworkers paid at DC rates), "Executive agency," "Washington...
- Mandates that each Executive agency relocate at least 30% of headquarters employees to regional offices outside the Washington DC metro area within one year.
- Requires each Executive agency to include in annual budget justification materials to Congress: the number of headquarters employees, employees at field/district/regional offices, employees who telework full-time...
- Prohibits payment of any relocation incentive to employees whose official worksite changes from their residence (telework) to the agency headquarters. This prevents employees from receiving moving assistance when forced...
- Creates explicitly provides that nothing in this Act creates a private cause of action, equitable or otherwise, to challenge any selection, change, decision, or action taken under the Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the bill including "employee" (excluding national security personnel), "headquarters employee" (including full-time teleworkers paid at DC rates), "Executive agency," "Washington, mandates that each Executive agency relocate at least 30% of headquarters employees to regional offices outside the Washington DC metro area within one year, and requires each Executive agency to include in annual budget justification materials to Congress: the number of headquarters employees, employees at field/district/regional offices, employees who telework full-time.
Key Policy Areas
Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes key definitions for the bill including "employee" (excluding national security personnel), "headquarters employee" (including full-time teleworkers paid at DC rates), "Executive agency," "Washington, mandates that each Executive agency relocate at least 30% of headquarters employees to regional offices outside the Washington DC metro area within one year, and requires each Executive agency to include in annual budget justification materials to Congress: the number of headquarters employees, employees at field/district/regional offices, employees who telework full-time.
Policy Domains
DRAIN THE SWAMP Act
Identified Gains
- National security agency employees (DOD, DHS, intelligence)
- Federal employees with ADA telework accommodations
- Executive agencies implementing the Act
- Congressional oversight committees
- Regional communities outside DC metro area
Identified Costs
- Federal headquarters employees in Washington DC
- Federal employees who telework full-time
- Federal employees transitioning from telework to office
- Federal employees subject to relocation
- Washington DC metro area economy
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Bean of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Executive agencies implementing the Act, Executive agency budget and HR offices
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Executive agencies implementing the Act, Federal employees with ADA telework accommodations, National security agency employees (DOD, DHS, intelligence)
Negative-direction: Executive agency budget and HR offices, Executive agency leadership, Federal employees subject to relocation, Federal employees transitioning from telework to office, Federal employees who telework full-time, Federal headquarters employees and full-time teleworkers, Federal headquarters employees in Washington DC
Regional communities outside DC metro area, Washington DC metro area economy
Positive-direction: Regional communities outside DC metro area
Negative-direction: Washington DC metro area economy
Commercial real estate in rural and regional areas
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "director_omb"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- "head_of_executive_agency"
- → The head of each Executive agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the meaning given in 5 U.S.C. 2105, but excludes national security personnel in DOD, DHS, DOE, intelligence agencies, and Executive Office of the President who would be excepted employees during appropriations lapses
An agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 551 that is in the executive branch of the Government
An employee whose permanent duty station is at agency headquarters, OR an employee who teleworks full-time and whose pay is calculated based on the Washington metropolitan area rate
The geographic area to which the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA pay locality applies
An employee authorized to telework for 100% of work days per pay period
Any area not designated as an urban area based on the most recent Census Bureau data
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