; and (B) does not include an office that the head of a covered agency may maintain separately from a place or building in the Washington metropolitan area. (11) Location The term location means a geographic area not larger than 100 square miles. (12) Non-Cabinet agency The term non-Cabinet agency — (A) means each Executive agency the headquarters of which is located in the Washington metropolitan area; and (B) does not include— (i) an Executive department; (ii) an Executive agency that is organized under— (I) the Executive Office of the President; or (II) an Executive department; (iii) the Smithsonian Institution or any Executive agency the primary purpose of which is to govern a museum, exhibition, or library, preserve one or more buildings, or produce performing arts; or (iv) an Executive agency the primary purpose of which is to— (I) gather intelligence; (II) prosecute criminal offenses; or (III) protect national security. (13) Relocation proposal The term relocation proposal means a proposal developed by the Director and the Administrator under section 4(a)(1)(A). (14) State The term State means a State of the United States. (15) Washington metropolitan area The term Washington metropolitan area has the meaning given the term National Capital region in section 8702 of title 40, United States Code. 4. Studies and relocation proposals (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary of Commerce completes the 2020 census, the Director and the Administrator shall— (1) with respect to each covered agency, carry out a study to— (A) develop a proposal of 3 locations in the designated State for the covered agency to which the headquarters of the covered agency and the covered permanent duty station of employees of the covered agency could be relocated; and (B) determine whether the covered agency should be abolished or merged with another Executive agency, rather than being relocated; and (2) submit each study carried out under paragraph (1) to— (A) Congress