# 115-hr-5403: SWAMP Act

115-hr-5403, SWAMP Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5403
- Congress: 115
- Title: SWAMP Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Introduced: 2018-03-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 or the SWAMP Act This bill: (1) repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere; and (2) prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agency headquarters in the Washington Metropolitan area. The General Services Administration (GSA) must: (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters; (2) allow any state to bid 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.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7350: No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7003: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a health insurance Federal Invisible Risk Sharing Program.
- 115-hr-6917: REMOVE Act
- 115-hr-6816: Family Movie Act Clarification Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6793: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act
- 115-hr-6774: Iran Payments Accountability Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-5403 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5403)

## Related
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- [115-hr-7003: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a health insurance Federal…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7003)
- [115-hr-6917: REMOVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6917)
- [115-hr-6816: Family Movie Act Clarification Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6816)
- [115-hr-6793: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6793)
- [115-hr-6774: Iran Payments Accountability Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6774)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5403 (as of 2025-11-18).