Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle unite to challenge the dominant influence of the Washington political establishment.

A bipartisan group is proposing a bill to relocate federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C., in an effort to decentralize power.

A bill is being introduced by Reps. Ashley Hinson and Jared Golden to relocate certain U.S. government offices across the country's 50 states, according to Planet Chronicle Digital.

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The legislation would prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Interior from obtaining new and old leases, as well as major renovation permits, forcing them to search for new space outside the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

The bill proposes a competitive bidding process for other states to lease their land to the federal government.

Hinson proposed transferring agencies and offices to states that heavily rely on their services.

By relocating federal agencies away from Washington and towards the communities they affect, it will prevent federal officials from enforcing regulations that negatively impact working families, small businesses, and farmers who provide for the world, as stated by the speaker to Planet Chronicle Digital.

Hinson argued that there was no justification for the USDA to be located in Washington, D.C., when it could be based in Iowa, where she resides.

Fishermen in Maine, as referenced by Golden, understand better than anyone else what it takes to make a living on the water and how new regulations from distant places can endanger not only their livelihoods but also their entire community or region, according to a statement made to Planet Chronicle Digital.

He stated that redistributing federal agencies and jobs across the country would bring the government closer to the people, enable regulators to be situated in communities that prosper or suffer due to their decisions, and bring high-paying jobs out of the beltway and into communities nationwide.

The bill introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, aims to curb the power of the administrative state, which has grown without oversight and at the expense of taxpayers.

The potential consequences on job levels in Washington, D.C., where the federal government is the largest employer, as well as the overall costs of relocating agencies, are not immediately apparent.

The lawmakers contended that conducting federal lease oversight would ultimately save taxpayer money, even though some spaces remain unused due to remote work policies resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bill proposes that the federal government allocate funds from the sale of federal land or buildings to cover relocation expenses.