,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,young introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,federal agencies
 not performing security functions to   
relocate throughout the ,united ,states 
by the beginning of fiscal year #bjcj4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,decentralize ,regulatory       
,agencies1 ,include the ,nation ,act of 
#bjai or the ,,drain ,act4  #b4         
,relocation of ,federal nonsecurity     
agencies to locations outside the       
,national ,capital region  7a7          
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,administrator means the          
,administrator of ,general ,services2   
7#b7 the term agency-- 7,a7 means an    
,executive department 7as defined in    
section #aja of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code7 and an independent       

establishment 7as defined in section    
#ajd of title #e1 ,united ,states       
,code72 and  7,b7 does not include the  
,government ,accountability ,office2    
7#c7 the term ,director means the       
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget2  7#d7 the term local       
government means a city1 town1 township1
 county1 parish1 village1 or other      
general purpose political subdivision of
 a ,state2  7#e7 the term ,national     
,capital region has the meaning given   
that term in section #hgjb of title #dj1
 ,united ,states ,code2  7#f7 the term  
nonsecurity agency means an agency that 
is not a security agency2  7#g7 the term
 security agency means an agency that   
receives the majority of the funding for
 the agency under an appropriation ,act 
making appropriations--  7,a7 for the   
,department of ,defense2  7,b7 for the  
,department of ,homeland ,security2 or  
7,c7 for the ,department of ,state1     
foreign operations1 and related         
programs2 and  7#h7 the term ,state     

means each of the several ,states of the
 ,united ,states4  7b7 ,plan ,the       
,director and the ,administrator shall  
jointly develop and implement a plan    
under which the headquarters of each    
nonsecurity agency that is not exempted 
under subsection 7d7 shall be relocated 
to a location outside the ,national     
,capital region by not later than the   
later of--  7#a7 ,october #a1 #bjbi2 or 
7#b7 if applicable1 the date on which   
the lease in effect on the date of      
enactment of this ,act for the building 
in which the headquarters of the        
nonsecurity agency is located expires4  
7c7 ,determination of area for          
relocation  7#a7 ,in general ,the plan  
under subsection 7b7 shall require that 
the location to which the headquarters  
of a nonsecurity agency shall be        
relocated be determined by the          
,director1 the ,administrator1 and the  
head of the nonsecurity agency on a     
competitive basis1 in accordance with   
this subsection4  7#b7 ,application ,a  

,state or local government desiring that
 a nonsecurity agency relocate the      
headquarters of the nonsecurity agency  
to an area that is under the            
jurisdiction of the ,state or local     
government shall submit an application  
at such time1 in such manner1 and       
accompanied by such information as the  
,director and the ,administrator shall  
jointly establish4  7#c7 ,priority ,the 
,director1 the ,administrator1 and the  
head of the nonsecurity agency shall    
give priority to an application under   
this subsection proposing the           
headquarters of a nonsecurity agency be 
located in an area--  7,a7 for which the
 rate of unemployment is higher than the
 average rate of unemployment in the    
,united ,states1 as determined by the   
,secretary of ,labor2  7,b7 with a nexus
 between the nonsecurity agency and the 
geographic area in which the nonsecurity
 agency regulates2 or  7,c7 with        
existing infrastructure to efficiently  
support the size and scope of the       

relocation of the headquarters of the   
nonsecurity agency4  7#d7 ,determination
 ,the location to which the headquarters
 of a nonsecurity agency shall be       
relocated shall be determined by a      
majority vote of the ,director1 the     
,administrator1 and the head of the     
nonsecurity agency4  7d7 ,exemptions    
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president may    
exempt a nonsecurity agency from the    
requirement to relocate the headquarters
 of the nonsecurity agency if the       
,president determines that the          
headquarters of the nonsecurity agency  
should remain in the current location4  
7#b7 ,reporting ,if the ,president      
exempts a nonsecurity agency under      
paragraph 7#a71 the ,president shall    
submit to ,congress a report detailing  
the basis for the determination of the  
,president that the headquarters of the 
nonsecurity agency should remain in the 
current location4  7e7 ,conforming      
amendment ,section #gb of title #d1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

striking ,all offices and inserting     
,except as provided in the ,,drain ,act1
 all offices4  7f7 ,no additional funds 
authorized ,no additional funds are     
authorized to carry out the requirements
 of this ,act4 ,such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise  
authorized4