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This bill, known as the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act, requires federal executive agencies to relocate 30 percent of their headquarters employees to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area within one year of enactment. The bill mandates that agency heads promote geographic diversity in relocation, including consideration of rural markets, and ensure adequate regional staffing. Relocated employees will have their pay calculated based on their new location's pay locality and will be prohibited from full-time teleworking. The bill also directs the Office of Management and Budget to reduce federal agency headquarters office space by at least 30 percent, prioritizing building disposal and consolidating agency headquarters. Additionally, agencies must report on their employee locations and include specific workforce distribution information in their budget justification materials. Certain employees are exempt from relocation, such as those with full-time telework accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The bill aims to decentralize federal workforce distribution, potentially reducing costs and spreading government jobs to different regions of the United States. It includes provisions that this act supersedes other laws and collective bargaining agreements and explicitly states that no private cause of action can be brought to challenge decisions made under its provisions.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1280/all-info