SWAMP Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 19 January 2018

   Introduced

   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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 January 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 January 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 22 January 2018

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 19 January 2018 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 January 2018

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 January 2018

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 January 2018

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Sponsors

• Luke Messer · R · Sponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing
• · hsgo00 · Standing

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