SBA relocation and disaster loan bills

Returning SBA to Main Street Act

• Relocate headquarters staff if savings are expected: If the SBA Administrator determines that the changes would reduce federal costs and explains that determination to Congress, the Administrator would have to move at least 30 percent of the agency’s headquarters employees to SBA offices outside the Washington metropolitan area within one year of enactment. Their pay would be based on the locality of their new duty station, and they could not telework full time; employees with an approved full-time telework accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act are excluded from relocation eligibility
• Reduce headquarters office space: The Administrator would have to reduce SBA headquarters office space by at least 30 percent, begin the reduction within 180 days of enactment, and finish within two years. This requirement is not conditioned on the Administrator finding that staff relocation would reduce federal costs
• End full-time telework for covered employees: Headquarters employees who telework full time, are not covered by the disability-accommodation exception, and are not relocated would lose authorization to telework full time 180 days after the Administrator submits the required report. Employees who are relocated would also lose that authorization when their new duty stations take effect

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Reported▲ THIS MEETING
4. Passed Senate
5. Passed House
6. Law

What’s next: a floor vote. None is scheduled.