Sens. Hawley, Blackburn Propose Massive Relocation of Federal Departments, Agencies

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in the U.S. Capitol Visitor's Center Auditorium in Washington on June 27, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Two freshmen Republican senators want to relocate 10 major federal departments out of the nation’s capital to “economically distressed” regions of the country.

The senators are Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and their proposal is known as the “Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy Act of 2019” (HIRE).