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This bill establishes a Commission to study the potential relocation of non-security-related federal agencies from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to other parts of the United States. The Commission will be composed of 16 high-ranking government officials, including directors of various offices, cabinet secretaries, and agency heads. When developing their recommendations for agency transfers, the Commission must consider four key factors: financial efficiency (such as areas with lower cost of living), pre-existing infrastructure and available land, the presence of related industries that could support agency operations, and recent telework participation by agency employees. The Commission is required to submit a comprehensive report to Congress within one year of the bill's enactment, detailing their study and recommendations for relocating covered agencies. The bill defines the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area specifically as the District of Columbia, certain counties in Maryland and Virginia, and the city of Alexandria, and aims to explore potential benefits of decentralizing federal bureaucracy across the United States.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/202/all-info