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SWAMP Act
2/15/2025, 2:51 PM
Summary of Bill HR 514
The purpose of this bill is to potentially save taxpayer money by encouraging agencies to consider more cost-effective locations for their headquarters. By opening up the relocation process to competitive bidding, the bill aims to ensure that agencies are making informed decisions about where to locate their headquarters based on factors such as cost, accessibility, and efficiency.
Additionally, the bill includes provisions for oversight and accountability to ensure that the relocation process is fair and transparent. This includes requirements for agencies to provide detailed justifications for their relocation decisions and to report on the costs and benefits of the relocation. Overall, the Headquarters Relocation Act is designed to promote efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the relocation of agency headquarters, while also ensuring transparency and accountability in the decision-making process.
Congressional Summary of HR 514
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.
