The Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy (HIRE) Act (S. 2672) would move 90% of the positions in 10 executive departments to the following states:
The legislation also requires the federal government to move most non-department agencies to economically distressed regions that have a geographic nexus to the agency.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/23/senators-want-move-most-federal-agencies-out-dc/
Department | State |
Department of Agriculture | Missouri |
Department of Commerce | Pennsylvania |
Department of Education | Tennessee |
Department of Energy | Kentucky |
Health and Human Services | Indiana |
Housing and Urban Development | Ohio |
Department of Interior | New Mexico |
Department of Labor | West Virginia |
Department of Transportation | Michigan |
Veterans Affairs | South Carolina |
The legislation also requires the federal government to move most non-department agencies to economically distressed regions that have a geographic nexus to the agency.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/23/senators-want-move-most-federal-agencies-out-dc/