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2-Calendar No. 21
32 119THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION S. 298
65 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate
76 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations
87 outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
98 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
109 JANUARY29, 2025
1110 Ms. E
1211 RNST(for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina)
1312 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
1413 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
15-M
16-ARCH4, 2025
17-Reported by Ms. E
18-RNST, with an amendment
19-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
2014 A BILL
2115 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
2216 tration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned
2317 to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington
2418 metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
2519 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2620 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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30-SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 1
31-ThisActmaybecitedasthe‘‘ReturningSBAto 2
32-MainStreetAct’’. 3
33-SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 4
34-InthisAct: 5
35-(1)ADMINISTRATION;ADMINISTRATOR.—The 6
36-terms‘‘Administration’’and‘‘Administrator’’mean 7
37-theSmallBusinessAdministrationandtheAdminis-8
38-tratorthereof,respectively. 9
39-(2)BUDGETJUSTIFICATIONMATERIALS.—The 10
40-term‘‘budgetjustificationmaterials’’hasthemean-11
41-inggiventhatterminsection3(b)(2)(A)oftheFed-12
42-eralFundingAccountabilityandTransparencyAct 13
43-of2006(31U.S.C.6101note). 14
44-(3)EMPLOYEE.—Theterm‘‘employee’’hasthe 15
45-meaninggiventhatterminsection2105oftitle5, 16
46-UnitedStatesCode. 17
47-(4)HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYEEOFTHEADMIN-18
48-ISTRATION.—Theterm‘‘headquartersemployeeof 19
49-theAdministration’’means— 20
50-(A)anemployeeoftheAdministration 21
51-whosepermanentdutystationisatthehead-22
52-quartersoftheAdministration;or 23
53-(B)anemployeeoftheAdministration— 24
54-(i)whoteleworksonafull-timebasis; 25
55-and 26
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59-(ii)whoserateofpayiscalculated 1
60-basedontheWashingtonmetropolitan 2
61-arearateofpay. 3
62-(5)HEADQUARTERS OFTHEADMINISTRA-4
63-TION.—Theterm‘‘headquartersoftheAdministra-5
64-tion’’meansthebuildingservingastheprincipal 6
65-managerialandadministrativecenteroftheAdmin-7
66-istration,inaccordancewithsection4(a)ofthe 8
67-SmallBusinessAct(15U.S.C.633(a)). 9
68-(6)PAYLOCALITY.—Theterm‘‘paylocality’’ 10
69-hasthemeaninggiventhatterminsection5302of 11
70-title5,UnitedStatesCode. 12
71-(7)RURAL.—Theterm‘‘rural’’meansanyarea 13
72-thatisnotdesignatedasanurbanarea,basedon 14
73-themostrecentdataavailablefromtheBureauof 15
74-theCensus. 16
75-(8)TELEWORK.—Theterm‘‘telework’’hasthe 17
76-meaninggiventhatterminsection6501oftitle5, 18
77-UnitedStatesCode. 19
78-(9)TELEWORK ONAFULL-TIMEBASIS.—The 20
79-term‘‘teleworkonafull-timebasis’’meansthatan 21
80-employeeisauthorizedtoteleworkfor100percent 22
81-oftheworkdaysoftheemployeeperpayperiod. 23
82-(10)WASHINGTONMETROPOLITAN AREA.—The 24
83-term‘‘Washingtonmetropolitanarea’’meansthege-25
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87-ographicareatowhichtheWashingtonmetropolitan 1
88-arearateofpayapplies. 2
89-(11)WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREARATE 3
90-OFPAY.—Theterm‘‘Washingtonmetropolitanarea 4
91-rateofpay’’meanstherateofpayineffectforthe 5
92-paylocalitydesignatedas‘‘Washington-Baltimore- 6
93-Arlington,DC-MD-VA-WV-PA’’. 7
94-SEC.3.RELOCATION OFEMPLOYEES. 8
95-(a)INGENERAL.—Notwithstandinganyotherprovi-9
96-sionsoflaw,andnotlaterthan1yearafterthedateof 10
97-enactmentofthisAct,theAdministratorshall— 11
98-(1)changethepermanentdutystationofnot 12
99-lessthan30percentoftheheadquartersemployees 13
100-oftheAdministration,asofthedateofenactment 14
101-ofthisAct,tobeatanofficeoftheAdministration 15
102-atalocationoutsidetheWashingtonmetropolitan 16
103-area,whichshallbeatlocationsthroughoutthere-17
104-gionsoftheAdministration;and 18
105-(2)foreachemployeeoftheAdministration 19
106-whosepermanentdutystationischangedunder 20
107-paragraph(1),ensurethat— 21
108-(A)therateofpayoftheemployeeiscal-22
109-culatedbasedonthepaylocalityfortheperma-23
110-nentdutystationoftheemployee;and 24
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114-(B)theemployeeisnotauthorizedto 1
115-teleworkonafull-timebasis. 2
116-(b)DETERMINATION OFNEWDUTYSTATIONS.—In 3
117-determiningthepermanentdutystationsofheadquarters 4
118-employeesoftheAdministrationundersubsection(a),the 5
119-Administratorshall— 6
120-(1)promotegeographicdiversity,includingcon-7
121-siderationofruralmarkets;and 8
122-(2)ensureadequatestaffingthroughoutthere-9
123-gionsoftheAdministration,topromotein-person 10
124-customerservice. 11
125-(c)DETERMINATION OFEMPLOYEESELIGIBLEFOR 12
126-ACHANGEINDUTYSTATION.— 13
127-(1)INGENERAL.—Exceptasprovidedinpara-14
128-graph(2),theAdministratorshallincludeeach 15
129-headquartersemployeeoftheAdministrationaseli-16
130-gibleforachangeinpermanentdutystationunder 17
131-subsection(a). 18
132-(2)EXCEPTION.—Aheadquartersemployeeof 19
133-theAdministrationwhoisaqualifiedindividualwho 20
134-receivesanaccommodationtoteleworkonafull-time 21
135-basisasareasonableaccommodationundertitleIof 22
136-theAmericanswithDisabilitiesActof1990(42 23
137-U.S.C.12111etseq.)— 24
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141-(A)shallnotbedeterminedtobeeligible 1
142-forachangeinpermanentdutystationunder 2
143-subsection(a);and 3
144-(B)shallbecountedasaheadquartersem-4
145-ployeeoftheAdministrationforpurposesof 5
146-complyingwithsubsection(a)(1). 6
147-(3)NOTICEOFDETERMINATION OFELIGI-7
148-BILITY.—Notlaterthanthedaybeforethedateon 8
149-whichtheAdministratorsubmitsthereportrequired 9
150-undersubsection(d),theAdministratorshallnotify 10
151-eachheadquartersemployeeoftheAdministration 11
152-whotheAdministratordeterminesiseligiblefora 12
153-changeinpermanentdutystationundersubsection 13
154-(a)ofthatdetermination. 14
155-(d)REPORT.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthedate 15
156-ofenactmentofthisAct,theAdministratorshallsubmit 16
157-totheCommitteeonSmallBusinessandEntrepreneur-17
158-shipoftheSenateandtheCommitteeonSmallBusiness 18
159-oftheHouseofRepresentativesareportthatprovides— 19
160-(1)thenumberofheadquartersemployeesof 20
161-theAdministration,asofthedateofenactmentof 21
162-thisAct; 22
163-(2)thenumberofheadquartersemployeesof 23
164-theAdministrationidentifiedaseligibleforachange 24
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168-inpermanentdutystation,inaccordancewithsub-1
169-section(c); 2
170-(3)thenumberofheadquartersemployeesof 3
171-theAdministrationwhosepermanentdutystation 4
172-willbechangedtobeatanofficeoftheAdministra-5
173-tionatalocationoutsidetheWashingtonmetropoli-6
174-tanareaundersubsection(a); 7
175-(4)thenumberofheadquartersemployeesof 8
176-theAdministrationsubjecttoanexceptionunder 9
177-subsection(c)(2);and 10
178-(5)theplanoftheAdministratortoimplement 11
179-subsection(a). 12
180-(e)IMPLEMENTATION.— 13
181-(1)INGENERAL.—Notearlierthan60days, 14
182-andnotlaterthan90days,afterthedateonwhich 15
183-theAdministratorsubmitsthereportrequiredunder 16
184-subsection(d),theAdministratorshallnotifyeach 17
185-headquartersemployeeoftheAdministrationwhose 18
186-permanentdutystationwillbechangedtobeatan 19
187-officeoftheAdministrationlocatedoutsidethe 20
188-Washingtonmetropolitanareaundersubsection 21
189-(a)— 22
190-(A)that,effective90daysafterthedate 23
191-ofthenotification— 24
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195-(i)thepermanentdutystationofthe 1
196-employeeshallbechanged; 2
197-(ii)therateofpayoftheemployee 3
198-shallbecalculatedbasedonthepaylocal-4
199-ityforsuchpermanentdutystation;and 5
200-(iii)theemployeeshallnotbeauthor-6
201-izedtoteleworkonafull-timebasis;and 7
202-(B)ofthelocationofsuchpermanentduty 8
203-station. 9
204-(2)FULL-TIMETELEWORKERS REMAINING IN 10
205-THEWASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.— 11
206-(A)INGENERAL.—Foranyemployeede-12
207-scribedinsubparagraph(B),effectiveonthe 13
208-datethatis180daysafterthedateonwhich 14
209-theAdministratorsubmitsthereportrequired 15
210-undersubsection(d),theemployeeshallnotbe 16
211-authorizedtoteleworkonafull-timebasis. 17
212-(B)EMPLOYEES COVERED.—Anemployee 18
213-describedinthissubparagraphisahead-19
214-quartersemployeeoftheAdministration— 20
215-(i)whoteleworksonafull-timebasis, 21
216-asofthedateofenactmentofthisAct; 22
217-(ii)whoisnotsubjecttoanexception 23
218-undersubsection(c)(2);and 24
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222-(iii)whosepermanentdutystationis 1
223-notchangedtobeanofficeoftheAdminis-2
224-trationatalocationoutsidetheWash-3
225-ingtonmetropolitanareaundersubsection 4
226-(a). 5
227-(3)NORELOCATIONINCENTIVES.—If,pursuant 6
228-tothisAct,theofficialworksite(asdefinedinsec-7
229-tion531.605oftitle5,CodeofFederalRegulations, 8
230-oranysuccessorregulation)ofanemployeechanges 9
231-fromtheresidenceoftheemployeetothehead-10
232-quartersoftheAdministration,notwithstandingany 11
233-otherprovisionoflaw,theemployeeshallnotbe 12
234-paidanyrelocationincentive. 13
235-SEC.4.REDUCTION INHEADQUARTERS OFFICESPACE. 14
236-(a)INGENERAL.—TheAdministratorshallreduce 15
237-theamountofofficespacefortheheadquartersoftheAd-16
238-ministrationbynotlessthan30percent. 17
239-(b)IMPLEMENTATION.—TheAdministratorshall— 18
240-(1)beginreducingofficespaceundersubsection 19
241-(a)notlaterthan180daysafterthedateofenact-20
242-mentofthisAct;and 21
243-(2)completethereductionofofficespacere-22
244-quiredundersubsection(a)notlaterthan2years 23
245-afterthedateofenactmentofthisAct. 24
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249-SEC.5.INFORMATION INCLUDED INBUDGET JUSTIFICA-1
250-TIONMATERIALS PROVIDED TOCONGRESS. 2
251-TheAdministratorshallincludeinthefirstbudget 3
252-justificationmaterialsoftheAdministrationsubmitted 4
253-afterthedateofenactmentofthisAct,andthebudget 5
254-justificationmaterialsoftheAdministrationforeachfiscal 6
255-yearthereafter— 7
256-(1)thenumberofheadquartersemployeesof 8
257-theAdministration; 9
258-(2)thenumberofemployeesoftheAdministra-10
259-tionassignedtoapermanentdutystationin— 11
260-(A)afieldofficeoftheAdministration; 12
261-(B)adistrictofficeoftheAdministration; 13
262-or 14
263-(C)aregionalofficeoftheAdministration; 15
264-(3)thenumberofemployeesoftheAdministra-16
265-tionwhoteleworkonafull-timebasis;and 17
266-(4)thenumberofemployeesoftheAdministra-18
267-tionwhoareaqualifiedindividualwhoreceivesan 19
268-accommodationtoteleworkonafull-timebasisasa 20
269-reasonableaccommodationundertitleIoftheAmer-21
270-icanswithDisabilitiesActof1990(42U.S.C. 22
271-12111etseq.). 23
272-SEC.6.SEVERABILITY. 24
273-IfanyprovisionofthisActortheapplicationofsuch 25
274-provisiontoanypersonorcircumstanceisheldtobeun-26
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278-constitutional,theremainderofthisActandtheapplica-1
279-tionoftheprovisiontoanyotherpersonorcircumstance 2
280-shallnotbeaffectedthereby. 3
281-SEC.7.SUPERSESSION. 4
282-ThisActshallsupersedeanyotherprovisionoflaw 5
283-andanyprovisionofacollectivebargainingagreementor 6
284-masterlaboragreement. 7
285-SEC.8.NOPRIVATECAUSEOFACTION. 8
286-NothinginthisActshallbeconstruedtoestablish 9
287-aprivatecauseofaction,equitableorotherwise,tochal-10
288-lengeanyselection,change,ordecisionmade,oraction 11
289-taken,underthisAct. 12
290-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 13
291-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Returning SBA to Main 14
292-Street Act’’. 15
293-SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 16
294-In this Act: 17
295-(1) A
296-DMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.—The 18
297-terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean 19
298-the Small Business Administration and the Adminis-20
299-trator thereof, respectively. 21
21+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Returning SBA to 4
23+Main Street Act’’. 5
24+SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
25+In this Act: 7
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29+(1) ADMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.—The 1
30+terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean 2
31+the Small Business Administration and the Adminis-3
32+trator thereof, respectively. 4
30033 (2) B
301-UDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS .—The 22
302-term ‘‘budget justification materials’’ has the meaning 23
303-given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Federal 24
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307-Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 1
308-2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 2
34+UDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS .—The 5
35+term ‘‘budget justification materials’’ has the mean-6
36+ing given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Fed-7
37+eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 8
38+of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 9
30939 (3) E
310-MPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 3
311-meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 4
312-United States Code. 5
40+MPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 10
41+meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 11
42+United States Code. 12
31343 (4) H
314-EADQUARTERS EMPLOYEE OF THE ADMIN -6
315-ISTRATION.—The term ‘‘headquarters employee of the 7
316-Administration’’ means— 8
317-(A) an employee of the Administration 9
318-whose permanent duty station is at the head-10
319-quarters of the Administration; or 11
320-(B) an employee of the Administration— 12
321-(i) who teleworks on a full-time basis; 13
322-and 14
323-(ii) whose rate of pay is calculated 15
324-based on the Washington metropolitan area 16
325-rate of pay. 17
326-(5) H
327-EADQUARTERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION .— 18
328-The term ‘‘headquarters of the Administration’’ 19
329-means the building serving as the principal manage-20
330-rial and administrative center of the Administration, 21
331-in accordance with section 4(a) of the Small Business 22
332-Act (15 U.S.C. 633(a)). 23
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336-(6) PAY LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘pay locality’’ has 1
337-the meaning given that term in section 5302 of title 2
338-5, United States Code. 3
44+EADQUARTERS EMPLOYEE OF THE ADMIN -13
45+ISTRATION.—The term ‘‘headquarters employee of 14
46+the Administration’’ means— 15
47+(A) an employee of the Administration 16
48+whose permanent duty station is at the head-17
49+quarters of the Administration; or 18
50+(B) an employee of the Administration— 19
51+(i) who teleworks on a full-time basis; 20
52+and 21
53+(ii) whose rate of pay is calculated 22
54+based on the Washington metropolitan 23
55+area rate of pay. 24
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59+(5) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ADMINISTRA -1
60+TION.—The term ‘‘headquarters of the Administra-2
61+tion’’ means the building serving as the principal 3
62+managerial and administrative center of the Admin-4
63+istration, in accordance with section 4(a) of the 5
64+Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(a)). 6
65+(6) P
66+AY LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘pay locality’’ 7
67+has the meaning given that term in section 5302 of 8
68+title 5, United States Code. 9
33969 (7) R
340-URAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’ means any area 4
341-that is not designated as an urban area, based on the 5
342-most recent data available from the Bureau of the 6
343-Census. 7
70+URAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’ means any area 10
71+that is not designated as an urban area, based on 11
72+the most recent data available from the Bureau of 12
73+the Census. 13
34474 (8) T
345-ELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the 8
346-meaning given that term in section 6501 of title 5, 9
347-United States Code. 10
75+ELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the 14
76+meaning given that term in section 6501 of title 5, 15
77+United States Code. 16
34878 (9) T
349-ELEWORK ON A FULL -TIME BASIS.—The 11
350-term ‘‘telework on a full-time basis’’ means that an 12
351-employee is authorized to telework for 100 percent of 13
352-the work days of the employee per pay period. 14
79+ELEWORK ON A FULL -TIME BASIS.—The 17
80+term ‘‘telework on a full-time basis’’ means that an 18
81+employee is authorized to telework for 100 percent 19
82+of the work days of the employee per pay period. 20
35383 (10) W
354-ASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA .—The 15
355-term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area’’ means the geo-16
356-graphic area to which the Washington metropolitan 17
357-area rate of pay applies. 18
358-(11) W
359-ASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA RATE 19
360-OF PAY.—The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area 20
361-rate of pay’’ means the rate of pay in effect for the 21
362-pay locality designated as ‘‘Washington-Baltimore- 22
363-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA’’. 23
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367-SEC. 3. RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEES. 1
84+ASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA .—The 21
85+term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area’’ means the ge-22
86+ographic area to which the Washington metropolitan 23
87+area rate of pay applies. 24
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91+(11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA RATE 1
92+OF PAY.—The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area 2
93+rate of pay’’ means the rate of pay in effect for the 3
94+pay locality designated as ‘‘Washington-Baltimore- 4
95+Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA’’. 5
96+SEC. 3. RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEES. 6
36897 (a) I
369-NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-2
370-sions of law, and not later than 1 year after the date of 3
371-enactment of this Act, if the Administrator determines that 4
372-implementing the requirements under paragraphs (1) and 5
373-(2) of this subsection will reduce the cost to the Federal Gov-6
374-ernment (which determination the Administrator shall ex-7
375-plain in detail in the report required under subsection (d) 8
376-of this section), the Administrator shall— 9
377-(1) change the permanent duty station of not less 10
378-than 30 percent of the headquarters employees of the 11
379-Administration, as of the date of enactment of this 12
380-Act, to be at an office of the Administration at a loca-13
381-tion outside the Washington metropolitan area, which 14
382-shall be at locations throughout the regions of the Ad-15
383-ministration; and 16
98+NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-7
99+sions of law, and not later than 1 year after the date of 8
100+enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— 9
101+(1) change the permanent duty station of not 10
102+less than 30 percent of the headquarters employees 11
103+of the Administration, as of the date of enactment 12
104+of this Act, to be at an office of the Administration 13
105+at a location outside the Washington metropolitan 14
106+area, which shall be at locations throughout the re-15
107+gions of the Administration; and 16
384108 (2) for each employee of the Administration 17
385-whose permanent duty station is changed under para-18
386-graph (1), ensure that— 19
109+whose permanent duty station is changed under 18
110+paragraph (1), ensure that— 19
387111 (A) the rate of pay of the employee is cal-20
388112 culated based on the pay locality for the perma-21
389113 nent duty station of the employee; and 22
390114 (B) the employee is not authorized to 23
391115 telework on a full-time basis. 24
392-(b) D
393-ETERMINATION OFNEWDUTYSTATIONS.—In de-25
394-termining the permanent duty stations of headquarters em-26
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398-ployees of the Administration under subsection (a)(1), the 1
399-Administrator shall— 2
400-(1) promote geographic diversity, including con-3
401-sideration of rural markets; and 4
402-(2) ensure adequate staffing throughout the re-5
403-gions of the Administration, to promote in-person 6
404-customer service. 7
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119+(b) DETERMINATION OF NEWDUTYSTATIONS.—In 1
120+determining the permanent duty stations of headquarters 2
121+employees of the Administration under subsection (a), the 3
122+Administrator shall— 4
123+(1) promote geographic diversity, including con-5
124+sideration of rural markets; and 6
125+(2) ensure adequate staffing throughout the re-7
126+gions of the Administration, to promote in-person 8
127+customer service. 9
405128 (c) D
406-ETERMINATION OFEMPLOYEESELIGIBLE FOR A 8
407-C
408-HANGE INDUTYSTATION.— 9
129+ETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEESELIGIBLE FOR 10
130+ACHANGE INDUTYSTATION.— 11
409131 (1) I
410-N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-10
411-graph (2), the Administrator shall include each head-11
412-quarters employee of the Administration as eligible 12
413-for a change in permanent duty station under sub-13
414-section (a). 14
132+N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-12
133+graph (2), the Administrator shall include each 13
134+headquarters employee of the Administration as eli-14
135+gible for a change in permanent duty station under 15
136+subsection (a). 16
415137 (2) E
416-XCEPTION.—A headquarters employee of the 15
417-Administration who is a qualified individual who re-16
418-ceives an accommodation to telework on a full-time 17
419-basis as a reasonable accommodation under title I of 18
420-the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 19
421-U.S.C. 12111 et seq.)— 20
422-(A) shall not be determined to be eligible for 21
423-a change in permanent duty station under sub-22
424-section (a); and 23
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138+XCEPTION.—A headquarters employee of 17
139+the Administration who is a qualified individual who 18
140+receives an accommodation to telework on a full-time 19
141+basis as a reasonable accommodation under title I of 20
142+the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 21
143+U.S.C. 12111 et seq.)— 22
144+(A) shall not be determined to be eligible 23
145+for a change in permanent duty station under 24
146+subsection (a); and 25
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428150 (B) shall be counted as a headquarters em-1
429151 ployee of the Administration for purposes of 2
430152 complying with subsection (a)(1). 3
431153 (3) N
432154 OTICE OF DETERMINATION OF ELIGI -4
433155 BILITY.—Not later than the day before the date on 5
434156 which the Administrator submits the report required 6
435157 under subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify 7
436158 each headquarters employee of the Administration 8
437159 who the Administrator determines is eligible for a 9
438160 change in permanent duty station under subsection 10
439161 (a) of that determination. 11
440162 (d) R
441163 EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 12
442164 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 13
443-to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 14
444-of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the 15
445-House of Representatives a report that provides— 16
446-(1) the number of headquarters employees of the 17
447-Administration, as of the date of enactment of this 18
448-Act; 19
449-(2) the number of headquarters employees of the 20
450-Administration identified as eligible for a change in 21
451-permanent duty station, in accordance with sub-22
165+to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneur-14
166+ship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business 15
167+of the House of Representatives a report that provides— 16
168+(1) the number of headquarters employees of 17
169+the Administration, as of the date of enactment of 18
170+this Act; 19
171+(2) the number of headquarters employees of 20
172+the Administration identified as eligible for a change 21
173+in permanent duty station, in accordance with sub-22
452174 section (c); 23
453-(3) the number of headquarters employees of the 24
454-Administration whose permanent duty station will be 25
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458-changed to be at an office of the Administration at 1
459-a location outside the Washington metropolitan area 2
460-under subsection (a); 3
461-(4) the number of headquarters employees of the 4
462-Administration subject to an exception under sub-5
463-section (c)(2); and 6
175+(3) the number of headquarters employees of 24
176+the Administration whose permanent duty station 25
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180+will be changed to be at an office of the Administra-1
181+tion at a location outside the Washington metropoli-2
182+tan area under subsection (a); 3
183+(4) the number of headquarters employees of 4
184+the Administration subject to an exception under 5
185+subsection (c)(2); and 6
464186 (5) the plan of the Administrator to implement 7
465187 subsection (a). 8
466188 (e) I
467189 MPLEMENTATION.— 9
468190 (1) I
469-N GENERAL.—Not earlier than 60 days, and 10
470-not later than 90 days, after the date on which the 11
471-Administrator submits the report required under sub-12
472-section (d), the Administrator shall notify each head-13
473-quarters employee of the Administration whose per-14
474-manent duty station will be changed to be at an office 15
475-of the Administration located outside the Washington 16
476-metropolitan area under subsection (a)— 17
477-(A) that, effective 90 days after the date of 18
478-the notification— 19
479-(i) the permanent duty station of the 20
480-employee shall be changed; 21
481-(ii) the rate of pay of the employee 22
482-shall be calculated based on the pay locality 23
483-for such permanent duty station; and 24
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191+N GENERAL.—Not earlier than 60 days, 10
192+and not later than 90 days, after the date on which 11
193+the Administrator submits the report required under 12
194+subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify each 13
195+headquarters employee of the Administration whose 14
196+permanent duty station will be changed to be at an 15
197+office of the Administration located outside the 16
198+Washington metropolitan area under subsection 17
199+(a)— 18
200+(A) that, effective 90 days after the date 19
201+of the notification— 20
202+(i) the permanent duty station of the 21
203+employee shall be changed; 22
204+(ii) the rate of pay of the employee 23
205+shall be calculated based on the pay local-24
206+ity for such permanent duty station; and 25
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487210 (iii) the employee shall not be author-1
488211 ized to telework on a full-time basis; and 2
489212 (B) of the location of such permanent duty 3
490213 station. 4
491214 (2) F
492215 ULL-TIME TELEWORKERS REMAINING IN 5
493216 THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA .— 6
494217 (A) I
495218 N GENERAL.—For any employee de-7
496219 scribed in subparagraph (B), effective on the 8
497-date that is 180 days after the date on which the 9
498-Administrator submits the report required under 10
499-subsection (d), the employee shall not be author-11
500-ized to telework on a full-time basis. 12
220+date that is 180 days after the date on which 9
221+the Administrator submits the report required 10
222+under subsection (d), the employee shall not be 11
223+authorized to telework on a full-time basis. 12
501224 (B) E
502225 MPLOYEES COVERED .—An employee 13
503-described in this subparagraph is a headquarters 14
504-employee of the Administration— 15
226+described in this subparagraph is a head-14
227+quarters employee of the Administration— 15
505228 (i) who teleworks on a full-time basis, 16
506229 as of the date of enactment of this Act; 17
507230 (ii) who is not subject to an exception 18
508231 under subsection (c)(2); and 19
509232 (iii) whose permanent duty station is 20
510233 not changed to be an office of the Adminis-21
511-tration at a location outside the Washington 22
512-metropolitan area under subsection (a). 23
513-(3) N
514-O RELOCATION INCENTIVES .—If, pursuant 24
515-to this Act, the official worksite (as defined in section 25
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519-531.602 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 1
520-any successor regulation) of an employee changes 2
521-from the residence of the employee to the headquarters 3
522-of the Administration, notwithstanding any other 4
523-provision of law, the employee shall not be paid any 5
524-relocation incentive. 6
525-SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN HEADQUARTERS OFFICE SPACE. 7
234+tration at a location outside the Wash-22
235+ington metropolitan area under subsection 23
236+(a). 24
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240+(3) NO RELOCATION INCENTIVES .—If, pursuant 1
241+to this Act, the official worksite (as defined in sec-2
242+tion 531.605 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, 3
243+or any successor regulation) of an employee changes 4
244+from the residence of the employee to the head-5
245+quarters of the Administration, notwithstanding any 6
246+other provision of law, the employee shall not be 7
247+paid any relocation incentive. 8
248+SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN HEADQUARTERS OFFICE SPACE. 9
526249 (a) I
527-NGENERAL.—The Administrator shall reduce the 8
528-amount of office space for the headquarters of the Adminis-9
529-tration by not less than 30 percent. 10
250+NGENERAL.—The Administrator shall reduce 10
251+the amount of office space for the headquarters of the Ad-11
252+ministration by not less than 30 percent. 12
530253 (b) I
531-MPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall— 11
532-(1) begin reducing office space under subsection 12
533-(a) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-13
534-ment of this Act; and 14
535-(2) complete the reduction of office space re-15
536-quired under subsection (a) not later than 2 years 16
537-after the date of enactment of this Act. 17
538-SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN BUDGET JUSTIFICA-18
539-TION MATERIALS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS. 19
540-The Administrator shall include in the first budget jus-20
541-tification materials of the Administration submitted after 21
542-the date of enactment of this Act, and the budget justifica-22
543-tion materials of the Administration for each fiscal year 23
544-thereafter— 24
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548-(1) the number of headquarters employees of the 1
549-Administration; 2
550-(2) the number of employees of the Administra-3
551-tion assigned to a permanent duty station in— 4
552-(A) a field office of the Administration; 5
553-(B) a district office of the Administration; 6
554-or 7
555-(C) a regional office of the Administration; 8
556-(3) the number of employees of the Administra-9
557-tion who telework on a full-time basis; and 10
558-(4) the number of employees of the Administra-11
559-tion who are a qualified individual who receives an 12
560-accommodation to telework on a full-time basis as a 13
561-reasonable accommodation under title I of the Ameri-14
562-cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 15
563-et seq.). 16
564-SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 17
565-If any provision of this Act or the application of such 18
566-provision to any person or circumstance is held to be uncon-19
567-stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application 20
568-of the provision to any other person or circumstance shall 21
569-not be affected thereby. 22
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254+MPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall— 13
255+(1) begin reducing office space under subsection 14
256+(a) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-15
257+ment of this Act; and 16
258+(2) complete the reduction of office space re-17
259+quired under subsection (a) not later than 2 years 18
260+after the date of enactment of this Act. 19
261+SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN BUDGET JUSTIFICA-20
262+TION MATERIALS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS. 21
263+The Administrator shall include in the first budget 22
264+justification materials of the Administration submitted 23
265+after the date of enactment of this Act, and the budget 24
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269+justification materials of the Administration for each fiscal 1
270+year thereafter— 2
271+(1) the number of headquarters employees of 3
272+the Administration; 4
273+(2) the number of employees of the Administra-5
274+tion assigned to a permanent duty station in— 6
275+(A) a field office of the Administration; 7
276+(B) a district office of the Administration; 8
277+or 9
278+(C) a regional office of the Administration; 10
279+(3) the number of employees of the Administra-11
280+tion who telework on a full-time basis; and 12
281+(4) the number of employees of the Administra-13
282+tion who are a qualified individual who receives an 14
283+accommodation to telework on a full-time basis as a 15
284+reasonable accommodation under title I of the Amer-16
285+icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 17
286+12111 et seq.). 18
287+SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 19
288+If any provision of this Act or the application of such 20
289+provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un-21
290+constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-22
291+tion of the provision to any other person or circumstance 23
292+shall not be affected thereby. 24
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573296 SEC. 7. SUPERSESSION. 1
574297 This Act shall supersede any other provision of law 2
575298 and any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or 3
576299 master labor agreement. 4
577300 SEC. 8. NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 5
578-Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish a 6
579-private cause of action, equitable or otherwise, to challenge 7
580-any selection, change, or decision made, or action taken, 8
581-under this Act. 9
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592-
593-S. 298 A BILL
594-To require the Administrator of the Small Business
595-Administration to relocate 30 percent of the em-
596-ployees assigned to headquarters to duty stations
597-outside the Washington metropolitan area, and
598-for other purposes.
599-M
600-ARCH
601-4, 2025
602-Reported with an amendment
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301+Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish 6
302+a private cause of action, equitable or otherwise, to chal-7
303+lenge any selection, change, or decision made, or action 8
304+taken, under this Act. 9
305+Æ
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