Bill Details
HR.1460 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced Date
2025-02-21
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would require the leaders of most executive branch agencies to move their headquarters out of the Washington, D.C. area and create a relocation plan for each agency. The plans would need to choose a new headquarters location, try to save money, keep only a small share of employees in the Washington area, and consider national security issues. The bill also removes the current federal rule that keeps agency headquarters tied to the Washington area.
- Each executive agency would have to submit a relocation plan to Congress by September 30, 2026.
- The plan would need to name a new headquarters outside the Washington metropolitan area and aim to reduce costs.
- After the move is carried out, no more than 10% of the agency’s employees could be based in the Washington area.
- The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration would have to certify that the plan meets the bill’s requirements before it is submitted, and the move would need to be finished by September 30, 2030.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1460 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1460
To require the head of each executive agency to relocate such agency
outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. Davidson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To require the head of each executive agency to relocate such agency
outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drain the Swamp Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF AGENCY HEADQUARTERS.
(a) Repeal of Headquarters Location Requirement.--Section 72 of
title 4, United States Code, is repealed.
(b) Headquarters Relocation Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the
head of each executive agency shall develop and submit to
Congress a plan for the relocation of the headquarters of that
agency outside of the Washington metropolitan area.
(2) Requirements.--The plan described in paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) identify a location for a new headquarters
outside of the Washington metropolitan area;
(B) maximize any potential cost savings associated
with the relocation;
(C) provide that, upon implementation of the plan,
no more than 10 percent of the employees of the agency
are based in the Washington metropolitan area; and
(D) consider any potential national security
implications of the relocation.
(3) Certification.--Prior to the submission of a plan under
paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget and the Administrator of General Services shall certify
the compliance of the plan with the provisions of this section
if the plan meets the requirements described in paragraph (2).
(4) Implementation.--Not later than September 30, 2030, the
head of each executive agency shall implement the plan for such
agency submitted under paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 105
of title 5, United States Code, except that the term does not
include the Executive Office of the President.
(2) Washington metropolitan area.--The term ``Washington
metropolitan area'' means the geographic area located within
the boundaries of--
(A) the District of Columbia;
(B) Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the
State of Maryland; and
(C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William
Counties and the City of Alexandria in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
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