AL HJR197

Urges Congress to enact legislation requiring relocation of federal agency headquarters from Washington, D.C. to central states throughout the United States.

States that current concentration of federal agencies in Washington, D.C. creates a governing environment disconnected from the citizens the agencies serve.

Asserts that federal agency personnel may lack knowledge of Middle America's lifestyles and people, creating a "Washington Speak" culture that limits interaction with actual U.S. citizens.

Proposes that relocating headquarters to geographically central locations would dilute government concentration and place federal agencies closer to the people and areas they serve.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Alabama's congressional delegation.