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119th Congress

S. 22

SWAMP Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Joni Ernst(R-IA)
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Committees
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (0)

No cosponsors.

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

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.

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