Protecting Federal Agencies and Employees from Political Interference Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4595 To require that the headquarters for any agency of the Federal Government located in the National Capital region shall remain in the National Capital region unless relocation legislation is enacted, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 1, 2019 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. BROWN of Maryland) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- sight and Reform A BILL To require that the headquarters for any agency of the Federal Government located in the National Capital re- gion shall remain in the National Capital region unless relocation legislation is enacted, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Federal 4 Agencies and Employees from Political Interference Act 5 of 2019’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:53 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4595.IH H4595 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4595 IH SEC. 2. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS LO- 1 CATED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION. 2 (a) HEADQUARTERS.—The headquarters for any 3 agency of the Federal Government located in the National 4 Capital region on the date of introduction in the House 5 of Representatives of this Act shall remain in the National 6 Capital region unless legislation is enacted into law ap- 7 proving or otherwise providing for relocation. 8 (b) EMPLOYEE STATIONS.—Any employee position 9 with a duty station in the National Capital region on the 10 date of introduction in the House of Representatives of 11 this Act shall remain stationed in the National Capital re- 12 gion unless legislation is enacted into law approving or 13 otherwise providing for relocation. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:53 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4595.IH H4595 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS