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H.R. 1280 119th Congress House

DRAIN THE SWAMP Act

Official title: To require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outs… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Aaron Bean Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1280: DRAIN THE SWAMP Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1280/
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"H.R. 1280: DRAIN THE SWAMP Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1280/.
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H.R. 1280, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1280/.
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