Bill — Returning SBA to Main Street Act (H. R. 2027, 119th Congress, March 11, 2025)
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The text of H. R. 2027 of the 119th Congress, the “Returning SBA to Main Street Act,” a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on March 11, 2025 and referred to the Committee on Small Business. The bill requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to change the permanent duty station of not less than 30 percent of headquarters employees to a location outside the Washington metropolitan area, if the Administrator determines this will reduce the cost to the Federal Government. Pay would be based on the new pay locality, and full-time telework would not be authorized. It also requires a reduction of not less than 30 percent in headquarters office space and a report to the Senate and House small business committees.
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“Bill — Returning SBA to Main Street Act (H. R. 2027, 119th Congress, March 11, 2025).”
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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2027
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate
30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations
outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 11, 2025
Mr. ALFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned
to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington
metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Returning SBA to
5 Main Street Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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7 In this Act:
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1 (1) ADMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.—The
2 terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean
3 the Small Business Administration and the Adminis-
4 trator thereof, respectively.
5 (2) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.—The
6 term ‘‘budget justification materials’’ has the mean-
7 ing given that term in section 3(b)(2)(A) of the Fed-
8 eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
9 of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
10 (3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the
11 meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5,
12 United States Code.
13 (4) HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYEE OF THE ADMIN-
14 ISTRATION.—The term ‘‘headquarters employee of
15 the Administration’’ means—
16 (A) an employee of the Administration
17 whose permanent duty station is at the head-
18 quarters of the Administration; or
19 (B) an employee of the Administration—
20 (i) who teleworks on a full-time basis;
21 and
22 (ii) whose rate of pay is calculated
23 based on the Washington metropolitan
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24 area rate of pay.
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1 (5) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ADMINISTRA-
2 TION.—The term ‘‘headquarters of the Administra-
3 tion’’ means the building serving as the principal
4 managerial and administrative center of the Admin-
5 istration, in accordance with section 4(a) of the
6 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(a)).
7 (6) PAY LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘pay locality’’
8 has the meaning given that term in section 5302 of
9 title 5, United States Code.
10 (7) RURAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’ means any area
11 that is not designated as an urban area, based on
12 the most recent data available from the Bureau of
13 the Census.
14 (8) TELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the
15 meaning given that term in section 6501 of title 5,
16 United States Code.
17 (9) TELEWORK ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.—The
18 term ‘‘telework on a full-time basis’’ means that an
19 employee is authorized to telework for 100 percent
20 of the work days of the employee per pay period.
21 (10) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.—The
22 term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area’’ means the ge-
23 ographic area to which the Washington metropolitan
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24 area rate of pay applies.
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1 (11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA RATE
2 OF PAY.—The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area
3 rate of pay’’ means the rate of pay in effect for the
4 pay locality designated as ‘‘Washington-Baltimore-
5 Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA’’.
6 SEC. 3. RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEE.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
8 sions of law, and not later than 1 year after the date of
9 enactment of this Act, if the Administrator determines
10 that implementing the requirements under paragraphs (1)
11 and (2) of this subsection will reduce the cost to the Fed-
12 eral Government (which determination the Administrator
13 shall explain in detail in the report required under sub-
14 section (d) of this section) the Administrator shall—
15 (1) change the permanent duty station of not
16 less than 30 percent of the headquarters employees
17 of the Administration, as of the date of enactment
18 of this Act, to be at an office of the Administration
19 at a location outside the Washington metropolitan
20 area, which shall be at locations throughout the re-
21 gions of the Administration; and
22 (2) for each employee of the Administration
23 whose permanent duty station is changed under
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24 paragraph (1), ensure that—
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1 (A) the rate of pay of the employee is cal-
2 culated based on the pay locality for the perma-
3 nent duty station of the employee; and
4 (B) the employee is not authorized to
5 telework on a full-time basis.
6 (b) DETERMINATION OF NEW DUTY STATIONS.—In
7 determining the permanent duty stations of headquarters
8 employees of the Administration under subsection (a)(1),
9 the Administrator shall—
10 (1) promote geographic diversity, including con-
11 sideration of rural markets; and
12 (2) ensure adequate staffing throughout the re-
13 gions of the Administration, to promote in-person
14 customer service.
15 (c) DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR
16 A CHANGE IN DUTY STATION.—
17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
18 graph (2), the Administrator shall include each
19 headquarters employee of the Administration as eli-
20 gible for a change in permanent duty station under
21 subsection (a).
22 (2) EXCEPTION.—A headquarters employee of
23 the Administration who is a qualified individual who
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24 receives an accommodation to telework on a full-time
25 basis as a reasonable accommodation under title I of
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1 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
2 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.)—
3 (A) shall not be determined to be eligible
4 for a change in permanent duty station under
5 subsection (a); and
6 (B) shall be counted as a headquarters em-
7 ployee of the Administration for purposes of
8 complying with subsection (a)(1).
9 (3) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
10 BILITY.—Not later than the day before the date on
11 which the Administrator submits the report required
12 under subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify
13 each headquarters employee of the Administration
14 who the Administrator determines is eligible for a
15 change in permanent duty station under subsection
16 (a) of that determination.
17 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
18 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit
19 to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneur-
20 ship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business
21 of the House of Representatives a report that provides—
22 (1) the number of headquarters employees of
23 the Administration, as of the date of enactment of
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1 (2) the number of headquarters employees of
2 the Administration identified as eligible for a change
3 in permanent duty station, in accordance with sub-
4 section (c);
5 (3) the number of headquarters employees of
6 the Administration whose permanent duty station
7 will be changed to be at an office of the Administra-
8 tion at a location outside the Washington metropoli-
9 tan area under subsection (a);
10 (4) the number of headquarters employees of
11 the Administration subject to an exception under
12 subsection (c)(2); and
13 (5) the plan of the Administrator to implement
14 subsection (a).
15 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—
16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 60 days,
17 and not later than 90 days, after the date on which
18 the Administrator submits the report required under
19 subsection (d), the Administrator shall notify each
20 headquarters employee of the Administration whose
21 permanent duty station will be changed to be at an
22 office of the Administration located outside the
23 Washington metropolitan area under subsection
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24 (a)—
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1 (A) that, effective 90 days after the date
2 of the notification—
3 (i) the permanent duty station of the
4 employee shall be changed;
5 (ii) the rate of pay of the employee
6 shall be calculated based on the pay local-
7 ity for such permanent duty station; and
8 (iii) the employee shall not be author-
9 ized to telework on a full-time basis; and
10 (B) of the location of such permanent duty
11 station.
12 (2) FULL-TIME TELEWORKERS REMAINING IN
13 THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.—
14 (A) IN GENERAL.—For any employee de-
15 scribed in subparagraph (B), effective on the
16 date that is 180 days after the date on which
17 the Administrator submits the report required
18 under subsection (d), the employee shall not be
19 authorized to telework on a full-time basis.
20 (B) EMPLOYEES COVERED.—An employee
21 described in this subparagraph is a head-
22 quarters employee of the Administration—
23 (i) who teleworks on a full-time basis,
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1 (ii) who is not subject to an exception
2 under subsection (c)(2); and
3 (iii) whose permanent duty station is
4 not changed to be an office of the Adminis-
5 tration at a location outside the Wash-
6 ington metropolitan area under subsection
7 (a).
8 (3) NO RELOCATION INCENTIVES.—If, pursuant
9 to this Act, the official worksite (as defined in sec-
10 tion 531.602 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations,
11 or any successor regulation) of an employee changes
12 from the residence of the employee to the head-
13 quarters of the Administration, notwithstanding any
14 other provision of law, the employee shall not be
15 paid any relocation incentive.
16 SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN HEADQUARTERS OFFICE SPACE.
17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall reduce
18 the amount of office space for the headquarters of the Ad-
19 ministration by not less than 30 percent.
20 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall—
21 (1) begin reducing office space under subsection
22 (a) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
23 ment of this Act; and
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1 (2) complete the reduction of office space re-
2 quired under subsection (a) not later than 2 years
3 after the date of enactment of this Act.
4 SEC. 5. INFORMATION INCLUDED IN BUDGET JUSTIFICA-
5 TION MATERIALS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS.
6 The Administrator shall include in the first budget
7 justification materials of the Administration submitted
8 after the date of enactment of this Act, and the budget
9 justification materials of the Administration for each fiscal
10 year thereafter—
11 (1) the number of headquarters employees of
12 the Administration;
13 (2) the number of employees of the Administra-
14 tion assigned to a permanent duty station in—
15 (A) a field office of the Administration;
16 (B) a district office of the Administration;
17 or
18 (C) a regional office of the Administration;
19 (3) the number of employees of the Administra-
20 tion who telework on a full-time basis; and
21 (4) the number of employees of the Administra-
22 tion who are a qualified individual who receives an
23 accommodation to telework on a full-time basis as a
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1 icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
2 12111 et seq.).
3 SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY.
4 If any provision of this Act or the application of such
5 provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un-
6 constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
7 tion of the provision to any other person or circumstance
8 shall not be affected thereby.
9 SEC. 7. SUPERSESSION.
10 This Act shall supersede any other provision of law
11 and any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or
12 master labor agreement.
13 SEC. 8. NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.
14 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish
15 a private cause of action, equitable or otherwise, to chal-
16 lenge any selection, change, or decision made, or action
17 taken, under this Act.
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