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119-hr-1460119th Congress

Drain the Swamp Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]

Introduced

Summary

Move federal agency headquarters out of the Washington, D.C. area. This bill would repeal the law that fixes many agency headquarters in the Washington metropolitan area and require executive agencies to plan and carry out moves to locations outside that region.

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  • Executive agencies would have to submit a relocation plan to Congress by September 30, 2026, and implement that plan by September 30, 2030.
  • Each plan must identify a new headquarters location outside the Washington metropolitan area, aim to maximize any cost savings, and ensure no more than 10% of the agency’s employees are based in the Washington metropolitan area after the move.
  • The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Administrator of the General Services Administration must certify that plans meet the rules before submission, and plans must consider any national security implications.

The Washington metropolitan area is defined to include the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and the City of Alexandria in Virginia.

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Federal agencies move headquarters outside Washington

If enacted, this bill would end the rule that keeps agency headquarters in the Washington area. Each executive agency (not the Executive Office of the President) would have to send Congress a relocation plan by September 30, 2026. Plans would pick a new site outside the Washington metropolitan area, aim to save money, consider national security, and limit Washington-based staff to no more than 10%. The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration would have to certify plans that meet these rules before they go to Congress. Agencies would then have to carry out the moves by September 30, 2030. The “Washington metropolitan area” would mean D.C.; Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, Prince William Counties and the City of Alexandria in Virginia. If you work for an executive agency in that area, your workplace could move or your duty station could change.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]

OH • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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