[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3010 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3010

 To protect employment and the economy of the District of Columbia by 
    requiring any Federal agency that seeks to permanently transfer 
   employees from the District of Columbia to receive Congressional 
approval of such transfer and to submit a District of Columbia economic 
  impact statement, to require that headquarters functions of Federal 
  agencies be carried out in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

   Mr. Stark (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Wheat) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
    Committees on Government Operations and the District of Columbia

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                                 A BILL


 
 To protect employment and the economy of the District of Columbia by 
    requiring any Federal agency that seeks to permanently transfer 
   employees from the District of Columbia to receive Congressional 
approval of such transfer and to submit a District of Columbia economic 
  impact statement, to require that headquarters functions of Federal 
  agencies be carried out in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Economic Impact 
Notification Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICT ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT FOR FEDERAL 
              AGENCIES TRANSFERRING EMPLOYEES OUT OF DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA.

    (a) Requirement Described.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b), if a 
        Federal agency proposes to carry out any program or activity 
        that would result in the transfer of employees whose official 
        station or agency is located in the District of Columbia to 
        another station or agency that is not located in the District 
        of Columbia for permanent duty, the agency shall--
                    (A) prepare a District of Columbia economic impact 
                statement;
                    (B) submit the statement to the Committee on the 
                District of Columbia of the House of Representatives 
                and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
                not less than 12 months before such program or activity 
                is scheduled to begin;
                    (C) submit the statement to the National Capital 
                Planning Commission, Congress, the Administrator of 
                General Services, the Mayor of the District of 
                Columbia, and the Council of the District of Columbia; 
                and
                    (D) publish the statement in the Federal Register.
            (2) Treatment of contracts to construct or lease 
        facilities.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the entering into 
        of a contract to construct a new facility or to lease an 
        existing facility as the official station or agency of 
        employees of a Federal agency shall be considered a program or 
        activity carried out by the agency.
    (b) Exception for Transfers of Small Number of Employees.--
Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of a program or activity of 
an agency if the number of employees transferred as a result of the 
program or activity to a station or agency that is not located in the 
District of Columbia would be less than 50.
    (c) Federal Agency Defined.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an 
executive department (as defined in section 101 of title 5, United 
States Code).

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.

    (a) Congressional Approval of Projects.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), a Federal agency required to submit a District of 
Columbia economic impact statement under section 2 may not carry out 
the program or activity that is the subject of the statement unless 
Congress enacts legislation specifically approving the program or 
activity.
    (b) Exception for National Emergencies.--Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to any program or activity if the Federal agency 
submits a certification to the Committees described in subsection (c) 
that an emergency exists which requires that the program or activity be 
carried out in the national security interest of the United States. The 
certification shall include a description of the emergency 
circumstances which necessitate the carrying out of the program or 
activity and a discussion of the national security interests involved.
    (c) Committees to Which Legislation Referred.--Legislation 
described in subsection (a) shall be referred to the Committee on the 
District of Columbia of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives or the President of the Senate (as the case may be).

SEC. 4. PREPARATION OF STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--A District of Columbia economic impact statement 
prepared by an agency under section 2 shall describe the adverse 
effects of the program or activity that is the subject of the statement 
on the economy of and employment in the District of Columbia, and shall 
include the following:
            (1) A socioeconomic analysis of the effects of the program 
        or activity on the District of Columbia.
            (2) A projection of the effect of the program or activity 
        on unemployment in the District of Columbia, including 
        unemployment among employees of other Federal and non-Federal 
        entities who may be affected by the program or activity.
            (3) An analysis of the impact of the program or activity on 
        the number of people residing in the District of Columbia and 
        the resulting impact on the District's tax base, the housing 
        market in the District, businesses in the District, and the 
        demand for services provided by the District government.
    (b) Consultation With Local Officials.--In preparing a District of 
Columbia economic impact statement under section 2, a Federal agency 
shall consult with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council 
of the District of Columbia, and the National Capital Planning 
Commission. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Chairman of 
the Council of the District of Columbia shall provide the Federal 
agency with comments on the statement, and the Federal agency shall 
include such comments in the circulation of the statement.

SEC. 5. REQUIRING HEADQUARTERS FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
              TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) In General.--The headquarters functions of each executive 
department shall be carried out in the District of Columbia.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``executive department'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``headquarters functions'' means any function 
        or activity of the Federal Government relating to the 
        administration of national laws, the formulation of policy 
        directives and regulations, the needs of the President for 
        consultation with officers of executive departments, or any 
        other activities necessary for the efficient functioning of the 
        Federal Government, and includes related administrative and 
        support services.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply to functions 
carried out on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except 
that nothing in such subsection shall be construed to require an 
executive department carrying out such functions at a location other 
than the District of Columbia before such date to carry out such 
functions in the District of Columbia after such date.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as provided in section 5(c), the requirements of this Act 
shall apply to functions, programs, or activities of Federal agencies 
that are carried out during any fiscal year beginning after September 
30, 1994.

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