119-hr1460

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1460 Introduced in House

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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title 4, United States Code, is repealed.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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