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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1171
5	5	To require Federal agencies to conduct a benefit-cost analysis on relocations
6	6	involving the movement of employment positions to different areas, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH27, 2025
10	10	Mr. V
11	11	ANHOLLEN(for himself, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WARNER, and Ms.
12	12	A
13	13	LSOBROOKS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
14	14	ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require Federal agencies to conduct a benefit-cost analysis
17	17	on relocations involving the movement of employment
18	18	positions to different areas, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Over-4
23	23	sight to Secure Transparency of Relocations Act’’ or the 5
24	24	‘‘COST of Relocations Act’’. 6
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28	28	SEC. 2. BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS ON CERTAIN RELOCA-1
29	29	TIONS. 2
30	30	(a) I
31	31	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 3
32	32	(d), a Federal agency may not carry out a covered reloca-4
33	33	tion unless, prior to any submission to the Office of Man-5
34	34	agement and Budget or other reviewing entity regarding 6
35	35	such covered relocation— 7
36	36	(1) such agency— 8
37	37	(A) conducts a benefit-cost analysis on the 9
38	38	covered relocation; and 10
39	39	(B) submits to the Office of Inspector 11
40	40	General for such agency an unredacted report 12
41	41	on the findings of the benefit-cost analysis and 13
42	42	including such other information such Office of 14
43	43	Inspector General determines necessary for 15
44	44	compliance with subsection (c); and 16
45	45	(2) such Office of Inspector General reviews the 17
46	46	report and submits to Congress the report described 18
47	47	in subsection (c). 19
48	48	(b) B
49	49	ENEFIT-COSTANALYSIS.— 20
50	50	(1) I
51	51	N GENERAL.—The benefit-cost analysis de-21
52	52	scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall be conducted in a 22
53	53	manner consistent with the economic and social 23
54	54	science principles articulated in the guidance appli-24
55	55	cable to relocations in the Office of Management and 25
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58	58	•S 1171 IS
59	59	Budget Circular A–4, as in effect on September 17, 1
60	60	2003. 2
61	61	(2) A
62	62	NALYSIS REPORT.— 3
63	63	(A) C
64	64	ONTENTS.—The report described in 4
65	65	subsection (a)(1)(B) shall include, at a min-5
66	66	imum— 6
67	67	(i) the anticipated outcomes and im-7
68	68	provements that will result from the pro-8
69	69	posed covered relocation, quantified in 9
70	70	monetary or other appropriate measures to 10
71	71	the extent practicable; 11
72	72	(ii) an explanation of how the pro-12
73	73	posed covered relocation will result in the 13
74	74	anticipated outcomes and improvements; 14
75	75	(iii) the metrics for measuring wheth-15
76	76	er the proposed covered relocation results 16
77	77	in the anticipated outcomes and improve-17
78	78	ments; 18
79	79	(iv) a detailed employee engagement 19
80	80	plan; 20
81	81	(v) a list of stakeholders; 21
82	82	(vi) a timeline of past and future en-22
83	83	gagements with stakeholders regarding the 23
84	84	proposed covered relocation; 24
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88	88	(vii) an assessment of how the pro-1
89	89	posed covered relocation may affect stake-2
90	90	holders— 3
91	91	(I) served by the positions af-4
92	92	fected by the covered relocation; and 5
93	93	(II) in the destination agency or 6
94	94	region; 7
95	95	(viii) a comprehensive strategy for ac-8
96	96	complishing the proposed covered reloca-9
97	97	tion that includes— 10
98	98	(I) staffing, resourcing, and fi-11
99	99	nancial needs; 12
100	100	(II) an implementation timeline 13
101	101	identifying milestones and the persons 14
102	102	accountable for meeting such mile-15
103	103	stones; 16
104	104	(III) a risk assessment; 17
105	105	(IV) a risk mitigation plan; and 18
106	106	(V) documentation of ongoing 19
107	107	succession and recruiting planning 20
108	108	processes; 21
109	109	(ix) an analysis of the effect the pro-22
110	110	posed covered relocation may have on the 23
111	111	ability of the Federal agency to carry out 24
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114	114	•S 1171 IS
115	115	its mission during the covered relocation 1
116	116	and thereafter; and 2
117	117	(x) an assessment of the short- and 3
118	118	long-term effects of the covered relocation 4
119	119	on the mission of the Federal agency. 5
120	120	(B) P
121	121	UBLICATION.—A Federal agency 6
122	122	shall make publicly available the report de-7
123	123	scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B) in a form that 8
124	124	excludes any proprietary information or trade 9
125	125	secrets of any person and other confidential in-10
126	126	formation. 11
127	127	(c) I
128	128	NSPECTORGENERALREPORT TOCONGRESS.— 12
129	129	Not later than 90 days after the date on which a Federal 13
130	130	agency submits a report under subsection (a)(1)(B), the 14
131	131	Office of Inspector General for that agency shall submit 15
132	132	to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-16
133	133	mental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Environ-17
134	134	ment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on 18
135	135	Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-19
136	136	resentatives, and the Committee on Transportation and 20
137	137	Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report 21
138	138	on the findings of the review conducted under subsection 22
139	139	(a)(2), including— 23
140	140	(1) detailed descriptions of the data used in the 24
141	141	benefit-cost analysis described in subsection (a)(1), 25
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145	145	including the types of data and the time periods cov-1
146	146	ered by the data; 2
147	147	(2) the conclusions of the benefit-cost analysis 3
148	148	and the analysis underlying such conclusions; and 4
149	149	(3) a comprehensive assessment of— 5
150	150	(A) the extent to which the Federal agency 6
151	151	adhered to the guidance in the Office of Man-7
152	152	agement and Budget Circular A–4, as in effect 8
153	153	on September 17, 2003, in conducting the ben-9
154	154	efit-cost analysis, including a determination 10
155	155	whether such adherence is sufficient to justify 11
156	156	the use of Federal funds for the proposed cov-12
157	157	ered relocation involved; and 13
158	158	(B) if the proposed covered relocation in-14
159	159	volves moving positions from inside the Na-15
160	160	tional Capital Region to outside the National 16
161	161	Capital Region, the extent to which real estate 17
162	162	options in the National Capital Region were 18
163	163	compared to those in the destination as part of 19
164	164	that analysis. 20
165	165	(d) O
166	166	THERREQUIREMENTS NOTABROGATED.— 21
167	167	Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate, reduce, 22
168	168	or eliminate any requirements imposed by law pertaining 23
169	169	to any covered relocation of a Federal agency or compo-24
170	170	nent of a Federal agency. 25
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174	174	(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 1
175	175	(1) A
176	176	DMINISTRATIVE REDELEGATION OF FUNC -2
177	177	TION.—The term ‘‘administrative redelegation of 3
178	178	function’’ means a Federal agency establishing new 4
179	179	positions within the agency that replace existing po-5
180	180	sitions within the agency and perform the functions 6
181	181	of the positions replaced. 7
182	182	(2) C
183	183	OVERED RELOCATION .—The term ‘‘cov-8
184	184	ered relocation’’ means— 9
185	185	(A) an administrative redelegation of func-10
186	186	tion which, by itself or in conjunction with 11
187	187	other related redelegations, involves replacing 12
188	188	the existing positions of more than the lesser of 13
189	189	5 percent or 100 of the employees of the rel-14
190	190	evant Federal agency with new positions located 15
191	191	outside the commuting area of such employees; 16
192	192	(B) moving a Federal agency or any com-17
193	193	ponent of a Federal agency if such move, by 18
194	194	itself or in conjunction with other related 19
195	195	moves, involves moving the positions of more 20
196	196	than the lesser of 5 percent or 100 of the em-21
197	197	ployees of the Federal agency outside the com-22
198	198	muting area of such employees or under the ju-23
199	199	risdiction of another Federal agency; or 24
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203	203	(C) a combination of related redelegations 1
204	204	and moves which together involve the positions 2
205	205	of more than the lesser of 5 percent or 100 of 3
206	206	the employees of the relevant Federal agency 4
207	207	being moved to or replaced with new positions 5
208	208	located outside the commuting area of such em-6
209	209	ployees or moved under the jurisdiction of an-7
210	210	other Federal agency. 8
211	211	(3) E
212	212	MPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 9
213	213	an employee or officer of a Federal agency. 10
214	214	(4) F
215	215	EDERAL AGENCY .—The term ‘‘Federal 11
216	216	agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 12
217	217	in section 902 of title 5, United States Code. 13
218	218	(5) N
219	219	ATIONAL CAPITAL REGION .—The term 14
220	220	‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the meaning given 15
221	221	such term in section 8702 of title 40, United States 16
222	222	Code. 17
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