US Congress Senate Bill 2592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 22 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SWAMP Act Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 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.

SWAMP Act Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB4863 (Related) 2018-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
HB5403 (Same As) 2018-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2592/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2592/BILLS-115s2592is.pdf