S 22 119th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Building construction District of Columbia Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Maryland Virginia

SWAMP Act

Introduced: January 7, 2025 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jan 7, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
May 8, 2006	Senate · vote #115	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 22	Rejected	48–42	See who voted →

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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.

What's happening now January 7, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 22: SWAMP Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-22/

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"S. 22: SWAMP Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-22/.

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S. 22, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-22/.

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