S 4197 United States Senate · 117th Congress

SWAMP Act of 2022

Summary
Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2022 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 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 for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.
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May 2022
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Introduced May 12, 2022 Last action May 12, 2022
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May 12, 2022
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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