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People & committees
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D–DC
Legislative record
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E175)
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require federal headquarters located in the National Capital region when the bill was introduced to stay within that region. It would also keep employee positions with assigned work locations there stationed in the region. Relocation outside the region would require enacted legislation approving or otherwise providing for the move.
The headquarters for any entity of the Federal Government located in the National Capital region on the date of introduction in the House of Representatives of this Act shall remain in the National Capital region unless legislation is enacted into law approving or otherwise providing for relocation.
Any employee position with a duty station in the National Capital region on the date of introduction in the House of Representatives of this Act shall remain stationed in the National Capital region unless legislation is enacted into law approving or otherwise providing for relocation.
Section 1 would name the bill the Protecting Federal Agencies and Employees from Political Interference Act of 2025.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Federal Agencies and Employees from Political Interference Act of 2025.
The headquarters restriction would cover any federal entity headquartered in the National Capital region on the bill's House introduction date. It would require remaining within the region, rather than at a particular building, unless enacted legislation approved or otherwise provided for relocation.
The headquarters for any entity of the Federal Government located in the National Capital region on the date of introduction in the House of Representatives of this Act shall remain in the National Capital region unless legislation is enacted into law approving or otherwise providing for relocation.
The employee-position restriction would cover positions whose duty stations—their assigned work locations—were in the National Capital region on the bill's House introduction date. Those positions would have to remain stationed within the region unless enacted legislation approved or otherwise provided for relocation.
Any employee position with a duty station in the National Capital region on the date of introduction in the House of Representatives of this Act shall remain stationed in the National Capital region unless legislation is enacted into law approving or otherwise providing for relocation.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated October 9, 2025, records House introduction and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-10-09T03:26:22Z. 2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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