# 119-hr-202: Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act

119-hr-202, Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-202
- Congress: 119
- Title: Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a commission to study moving nonsecurity federal agencies out of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.** The commission would recommend which agencies to relocate and identify suitable U.S. locations based on cost, infrastructure, industry ties, and workforce patterns. - Federal leadership. A panel made up of senior officials from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General, cabinet secretaries, the EPA administrator, and the FDA commissioner would direct the study. - Federal workforce. The commission must consider whether a sizeable portion of an agency's workforce participated in telework during the five-year period before enactment when choosing candidates for relocation. - Communities and costs. Recommendations must weigh financial efficiency, whether an area has below-average cost of living, available private land, and pre-existing infrastructure. - Congressional deadline. The commission would submit a report with relocation recommendations to Congress within one year.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Study on moving federal agencies: mixed, low. If enacted, this would create a Commission to study moving non-security federal agencies out of the Washington, D.C. area. The President would decide which agencies are security-related and excluded. Senior officials from OMB, OPM, GAO, many Cabinet departments, EPA, and FDA would serve. The Commis…

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- 119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-202 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/202)

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- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-202 (as of 2025-12-21).