119-s2044

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2044 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2044

 To require the Secretary of Energy to relocate the Office of Fossil 
 Energy and Carbon Management to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 12, 2025

Mr. McCormick (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of Energy to relocate the Office of Fossil 
 Energy and Carbon Management to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 
Management Relocation Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding 

section 72 of title 4, United 
States Code, not later than December 31, 2026, the Secretary of Energy 
shall relocate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management 
(referred to in this section as the ``Office'') from Washington, DC, to 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the relocation required 
under subsection

    (a) is completed, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to Congress a report describing--

    (1) any attrition of employees from the Office during and 
 after that relocation;

    (2) the extent to which that attrition is attributable to 
 that relocation;

    (3) how the Secretary of Energy will address that 
 attrition; and

    (4) how that relocation affected the ability of employees 
 of the Office to negotiate through representatives regarding 
 conditions of employment.
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