The Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act would establish a commission to study moving federal agencies out of the Washington, DC area to other parts of the country. The commission, made up of 16 high-ranking federal officials including cabinet secretaries and budget directors, would have one year from the bill's enactment to submit a report to Congress with relocation recommendations. In making its recommendations, the commission would consider factors like cost of living, existing infrastructure, local industries that could partner with agencies, telework participation rates, and whether areas qualify as economically disadvantaged zones. The bill sets an ambitious goal of relocating at least 100,000 federal employees outside the DC region, though it excludes security-related agencies from consideration and requires the commission to engage with local stakeholders in potential relocation areas.
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