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S. 22 · 119th Congress

SWAMP Act

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Introduced: 1/7/2025
Current status: In committee
Introduced by: Joni Ernst (R · IA)
Bill ID: 119s22
Latest official action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act or the SWAMP Act This bill prohibits new construction, major renovation, leasing, or renewing a lease of certain executive agency headquarters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area and establishes a competitive bidding process for the relocation of such headquarters. The General Services Administration (GSA) must (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request the GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters or allow the GSA to issue such a solicitation without a request, if necessary; (2) allow any state or political subdivision of a state to respond to a solicitation with a proposal for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state or political subdivision of a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.

Source: BILLSUM · Summary date: 1/7/2025

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