Sec. 4. Report to Congress
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report that— includes a list of all field offices closed during the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act, the reason for each such closure, and any impacts of each such closure on wait-times and staffing at nearby affected field offices; describes the role played by the Government Services Administration
(GSA)in each of the field office closings in identifying any available alternative actions such as relocation of the field office, including a detailed description of— the number of alternative locations identified by the GSA during each closure procedure; whether the GSA sought input (and the means by which that input was solicited) on alternative locations from State or local public officials or the public in the affected service area (including how many days, weeks, months, or years prior to the closing the GSA sought such input) and the most common cited reasons for not finding suitable alternative locations prior to closing a field office; and any recommendations for how to improve the transparency and adequacy of the process for soliciting and determining the appropriateness of alternative space for relocation prior to closing a field office; and describes a plan— to ensure that field offices are receiving sufficient resources to maintain at least the level of constituent services provided in the previous fiscal year; and to adequately address the number of individuals projected to use field offices during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.