Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 or the SWAMP Act
This bill: (1) repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere; and (2) prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agency headquarters in the Washington Metropolitan area.
The General Services Administration (GSA) must: (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters; (2) allow any state to bid for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4863 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4863
To establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the
headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 19, 2018
Mr. Messer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for
Meaningful Placement Act of 2018'' or ``SWAMP Act''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.
(a) Repeal of Headquarters Location Requirement.--Section 72 of
title 4, United States Code, is repealed.
(b) Prohibition on Location of Headquarters in Washington
Metropolitan Area.--With respect to an Executive agency whose
headquarters is located in the Washington metropolitan area as of the
date of the enactment of this Act, no new construction or major
renovations may be undertaken, or lease agreements entered into or
renewed, for such headquarters after such date of enactment, except as
otherwise expressly provided by law.
(c) Competitive Bidding Process for Relocation of Headquarters.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General
Services shall establish a process, in accordance with the
requirements described in paragraph (2), through which--
(A) the head of an Executive agency may submit a
request for the Administrator to issue a solicitation
for the relocation of the headquarters of such agency;
or
(B) if determined necessary, the Administrator may
issue a solicitation for the relocation of the
headquarters of an Executive agency.
(2) Requirements.--With respect to any solicitation issued
for the relocation of the headquarters of an Executive agency
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator of General
Services shall--
(A) allow any State and any political subdivision
of a State to submit a bid for the relocation of such
headquarters;
(B) provide the public with notice and an
opportunity to comment on such solicitation; and
(C) in consultation with the head of such agency,
select a State, or a political subdivision of a State,
for the relocation of such headquarters using
competitive bidding procedures that consider the
following:
(i) The extent to which the relocation of
such headquarters would impact the economy and
workforce development of a State or political
subdivision of a State.
(ii) Whether a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, has expertise in
carrying out activities substantially similar
to the mission and goals of such agency.
(iii) The extent to which the relocation of
such headquarters to a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, would implicate
national security interests.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to
prohibit a political subdivision of the State of Maryland or the
Commonwealth of Virginia that is located outside the Washington
metropolitan area from submitting a bid under subsection (c)(2)(A).
(e) Offset allowed.--The Administrator of General Services may use
the proceeds from the sale of any Federal building or land to offset
the cost of relocating the headquarters of an Executive agency.
(f) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are
authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements
shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code, except that the term does not include the
Executive Office of the President.
(2) Headquarters.--The term ``headquarters'' means the
place or building serving as the managerial and administrative
center of an Executive agency, except that the term does not
include an office that the head of any such agency may maintain
separately from such place or building in the Washington
metropolitan area.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States.
(4) Washington metropolitan area.--The term ``Washington
metropolitan area'' means the geographic area located within
the boundaries of the following:
(A) The District of Columbia.
(B) Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the
State of Maryland.
(C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William
Counties and the City of Alexandria in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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