The Agriculture Department’s Inspector General is reporting that USDA may have broken the law by not obtaining Congressional approval before relocating two research agencies out of Washington, D.C. Nebraska Farmers Union President John Hansen whose group opposed the move calls the report disturbing and that the relocation was politically motivated.

The Inspector General also said that while the USDA didn’t get approval from Congress before spending money on the relocation, they did have the authority to move those offices. Hansen says that’s still a problem as both Congress and USDA need to work together before any relocations occur.

He says Congress could attempt to correct the move by placing a rider in an appropriation bill for the USDA.

The positions from the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture are set to be relocated from the nation’s capital to Kansas City by September 30.