[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5337-S5338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3577. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Kaine, and Ms.
Alsobrooks) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS ON CERTAIN RELOCATIONS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), a
Federal agency may not carry out a covered relocation unless,
prior to any submission to the Office of Management and
Budget or other reviewing entity regarding such covered
relocation--
(1) such agency--
(A) conducts a benefit-cost analysis on the covered
relocation; and
(B) submits to the Office of Inspector General for such
agency an unredacted report on the findings of the benefit-
cost analysis and including such other information such
Office of Inspector General determines necessary for
compliance with subsection (c); and
(2) such Office of Inspector General reviews the report and
submits to Congress the report described in subsection (c).
(b) Benefit-Cost Analysis.--
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(1) In general.--The benefit-cost analysis described in
subsection (a)(1) shall be conducted in a manner consistent
with the economic and social science principles articulated
in the guidance applicable to relocations in the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-4, as in effect on September
17, 2003.
(2) Analysis report.--
(A) Contents.--The report described in subsection (a)(1)(B)
shall include, at a minimum--
(i) the anticipated outcomes and improvements that will
result from the proposed covered relocation, quantified in
monetary or other appropriate measures to the extent
practicable;
(ii) an explanation of how the proposed covered relocation
will result in the anticipated outcomes and improvements;
(iii) the metrics for measuring whether the proposed
covered relocation results in the anticipated outcomes and
improvements;
(iv) a detailed employee engagement plan;
(v) a list of stakeholders;
(vi) a timeline of past and future engagements with
stakeholders regarding the proposed covered relocation;
(vii) an assessment of how the proposed covered relocation
may affect stakeholders--
(I) served by the positions affected by the covered
relocation; and
(II) in the destination agency or region;
(viii) a comprehensive strategy for accomplishing the
proposed covered relocation that includes--
(I) staffing, resourcing, and financial needs;
(II) an implementation timeline identifying milestones and
the persons accountable for meeting such milestones;
(III) a risk assessment;
(IV) a risk mitigation plan; and
(V) documentation of ongoing succession and recruiting
planning processes;
(ix) an analysis of the effect the proposed covered
relocation may have on the ability of the Federal agency to
carry out its mission during the covered relocation and
thereafter; and
(x) an assessment of the short- and long-term effects of
the covered relocation on the mission of the Federal agency.
(B) Publication.--A Federal agency shall make publicly
available the report described in subsection (a)(1)(B) in a
form that excludes any proprietary information or trade
secrets of any person and other confidential information.
(c) Inspector General Report to Congress.--Not later than
90 days after the date on which a Federal agency submits a
report under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Office of Inspector
General for that agency shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on
the findings of the review conducted under subsection (a)(2),
including--
(1) detailed descriptions of the data used in the benefit-
cost analysis described in subsection (a)(1), including the
types of data and the time periods covered by the data;
(2) the conclusions of the benefit-cost analysis and the
analysis underlying such conclusions; and
(3) a comprehensive assessment of--
(A) the extent to which the Federal agency adhered to the
guidance in the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4,
as in effect on September 17, 2003, in conducting the
benefit-cost analysis, including a determination whether such
adherence is sufficient to justify the use of Federal funds
for the proposed covered relocation involved; and
(B) if the proposed covered relocation involves moving
positions from inside the National Capital Region to outside
the National Capital Region, the extent to which real estate
options in the National Capital Region were compared to those
in the destination as part of that analysis.
(d) Other Requirements Not Abrogated.--Nothing in this
section shall be construed to abrogate, reduce, or eliminate
any requirements imposed by law pertaining to any covered
relocation of a Federal agency or component of a Federal
agency.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrative redelegation of function.--The term
``administrative redelegation of function'' means a Federal
agency establishing new positions within the agency that
replace existing positions within the agency and perform the
functions of the positions replaced.
(2) Covered relocation.--The term ``covered relocation''
means--
(A) an administrative redelegation of function which, by
itself or in conjunction with other related redelegations,
involves replacing the existing positions of more than the
lesser of 5 percent or 100 of the employees of the relevant
Federal agency with new positions located outside the
commuting area of such employees;
(B) moving a Federal agency or any component of a Federal
agency if such move, by itself or in conjunction with other
related moves, involves moving the positions of more than the
lesser of 5 percent or 100 of the employees of the Federal
agency outside the commuting area of such employees or under
the jurisdiction of another Federal agency; or
(C) a combination of related redelegations and moves which
together involve the positions of more than the lesser of 5
percent or 100 of the employees of the relevant Federal
agency being moved to or replaced with new positions located
outside the commuting area of such employees or moved under
the jurisdiction of another Federal agency.
(3) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means an employee or
officer of a Federal agency.
(4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 902 of title 5,
United States Code.
(5) National capital region.--The term ``National Capital
Region'' has the meaning given such term in section 8702 of
title 40, United States Code.
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