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H.R. 4863 115th Congress House

SWAMP Act

Official title: To establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 19, 2018 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Building constructionDistrict of ColumbiaExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment buildings, facilities, and property
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Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jan 19, 2018
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.
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 22, 2018

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4863: SWAMP Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4863/
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"H.R. 4863: SWAMP Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4863/.
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H.R. 4863, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4863/.
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