A spokesman for Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop says Colorado, Nevada and Utah could each gain about 50 federal employees as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shifts its headquarters and some of its workforce out of the nation’s capital.

The spokesman, Austin Hacker, said Monday another 150 bureau jobs will be moved to other Western states. Hacker says it’s not yet certain whether all 300 relocated positions would come from Washington or if any would move from other parts of the country.

The bureau has about 9,000 employees, with fewer than 400 in Washington. The rest are scattered among 140 state, district or field offices.

Colorado GOP Sen. Cory Gardner said earlier Monday that the bureau’s headquarters would move to Grand Junction in western Colorado.

Bureau officials declined to comment. An announcement about the agency’s plans was expected Tuesday.