← Back to federal legislation
H.R. 514In committee

SWAMP Act

Introduced: Jan 16, 2025

Latest action date: Jan 17, 2025

Latest development

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Your view
Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Recorded roll calls
0

Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.

Plain-language overview

What this bill does

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.

Civixly topics

What this legislation is about

Civixly topics make federal and state legislation comparable. They are derived from the official CRS policy area and legislative subjects.

Official CRS policy area

Government Operations and Politics

View 6 official legislative subjects
Building constructionDistrict of ColumbiaExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyMarylandVirginia

Committee activity

Committees and subcommittees that received, reviewed, marked up, or reported this legislation.

houseSubcommittee

Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee

Official committee record ↗
  1. Referred to

Amendments

Proposed changes to this measure, with their latest official outcome or action from Congress.gov.

No amendments are listed for this measure.

Checked against Congress.gov Sep 16, 2026.

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language comes from the official Congress.gov record.

View full action timeline4 actions
  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

    CommitteeHouse committee actions
  2. Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    IntroReferralHouse floor actions
  3. Introduced in House

    IntroReferralLibrary of Congress
  4. Introduced in House

    IntroReferralLibrary of Congress

Roll-call votes

Recorded House and Senate votes connected to this bill. Your representatives appear first when available.

No connected roll-call votes are currently available for this bill.

Discussion

0 comments

Sign in to join the discussion.Comments are publicly visible.

Loading comments...

Sources: Congress.gov and official House and Senate vote records.

View data freshness details

Base metadata check pending · Summary check pending · Action timeline checked Sep 16, 2026 · Complete sponsorship check pending · Topics checked Sep 16, 2026 · Committees checked Sep 16, 2026 · Status checked Sep 16, 2026 · Related bills checked Sep 16, 2026.