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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 514
To establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the
headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY16, 2025
Mrs. H
INSON(for herself and Mr. GOLDENof Maine) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation
of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Withdrawal 4
of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act’’ or the 5
‘‘SWAMP Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF EXECUTIVE 1
AGENCIES. 2
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
(1) E
XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 4
agency’’— 5
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-6
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 7
(B) does not include— 8
(i) the Executive Office of the Presi-9
dent; 10
(ii) the Department of Defense, in-11
cluding— 12
(I) the Defense Intelligence 13
Agency; 14
(II) the National Security Agen-15
cy; and 16
(III) the National Geospatial-In-17
telligence Agency; 18
(iii) the Department of Energy; 19
(iv) the Department of Homeland Se-20
curity; 21
(v) the Department of State; 22
(vi) the Office of the Director of Na-23
tional Intelligence; or 24
(vii) the Central Intelligence Agency. 25
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(2) HEADQUARTERS.—The term ‘‘head-1
quarters’’— 2
(A) means the place or building serving as 3
the managerial and administrative center of an 4
Executive agency; and 5
(B) does not include an office that the 6
head of an Executive agency may maintain sep-7
arately from a place or building in the Wash-8
ington metropolitan area. 9
(3) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 10
the 50 States. 11
(4) W
ASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA .—The 12
term ‘‘Washington metropolitan area’’ means the ge-13
ographic area located within the boundaries of— 14
(A) the District of Columbia; 15
(B) Montgomery and Prince George’s 16
Counties in the State of Maryland; and 17
(C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and 18
Prince William Counties and the City of Alex-19
andria in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 20
(b) P
ROHIBITION ONLOCATION OFHEADQUARTERS 21
INWASHINGTONMETROPOLITANAREA.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 23
the headquarters of an Executive agency may not be 24
located in the Washington metropolitan area. 25
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Subject to paragraph (3), the 1
headquarters of an Executive agency located in the 2
Washington metropolitan area on the date of enact-3
ment of this Act may remain in the Washington 4
metropolitan area. 5
(3) C
ONDITION.—With respect to the head-6
quarters of an Executive agency that remains in the 7
Washington metropolitan area under paragraph (2), 8
after the date of enactment of this Act and except 9
as otherwise expressly provided by law— 10
(A) no new construction or major renova-11
tion may be undertaken on the headquarters; 12
(B) a lease agreement for the headquarters 13
may not be renewed; and 14
(C) a new lease agreement for the head-15
quarters may not be entered into. 16
(c) C
OMPETITIVEBIDDINGPROCESS FORRELOCA-17
TION OFHEADQUARTERS.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 19
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 20
of General Services shall establish a process, in ac-21
cordance with the requirements under paragraph 22
(2), through which— 23
(A) the head of an Executive agency may 24
submit a request for the Administrator of Gen-25
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eral Services to issue a solicitation for the relo-1
cation of the headquarters of the Executive 2
agency; or 3
(B) if determined necessary, the Adminis-4
trator of General Services may issue a solicita-5
tion for the relocation of the headquarters of an 6
Executive agency. 7
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.—With respect to any so-8
licitation issued for the relocation of the head-9
quarters of an Executive agency under paragraph 10
(1), the Administrator of General Services shall— 11
(A) allow any State and any political sub-12
division of a State to submit a proposal for the 13
relocation of the headquarters of the Executive 14
agency; 15
(B) provide the public with notice and an 16
opportunity to comment on any proposal sub-17
mitted under subparagraph (A); and 18
(C) in consultation with the head of the 19
Executive agency, select a State, or a political 20
subdivision of a State, for the relocation of the 21
headquarters using a competitive bidding proce-22
dure that considers— 23
(i) the extent to which the relocation 24
of the headquarters would impact the econ-25
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omy and workforce development of a State 1
or political subdivision of a State; 2
(ii) whether a State, or a political sub-3
division of a State, has expertise in car-4
rying out activities substantially similar to 5
the mission and goals of the Executive 6
agency; and 7
(iii) the extent to which the relocation 8
of the headquarters to a State, or a polit-9
ical subdivision of a State, would implicate 10
national security interests. 11
(d) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 12
shall be construed to prohibit a political subdivision of the 13
State of Maryland or the Commonwealth of Virginia that 14
is located outside the Washington metropolitan area from 15
submitting a proposal under subsection (c)(2)(A). 16
(e) O
FFSETALLOWED.—The Administrator of Gen-17
eral Services may use the proceeds from the sale of any 18
Federal building or land to offset the cost of relocating 19
the headquarters of an Executive agency. 20
(f) N
OADDITIONALFUNDSAUTHORIZED.—The Ad-21
ministrator of General Services shall carry out this Act 22
using amounts otherwise made available to the Adminis-23
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trator of General Services, and no additional amounts are 1
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. 2
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