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(Original Signature of Member)

115TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

H. R. ll

To require the head of each executive agency to relocate such agency outside
of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. DAVIDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll

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.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the Drain the Swamp Act

5 of 2017.

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SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF AGENCY HEADQUARTERS.

(a) REPEAL

OF

HEADQUARTERS LOCATION RE-

QUIREMENT.Section

72 of title 4, United States Code,

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(b) HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION PLAN.

(1) IN

later than September

30, 2018, the head of each executive agency shall

develop and submit to Congress a plan for the relo-

cation of the headquarters of that agency outside of

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the Washington metropolitan area.

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(2) REQUIREMENTS.The plan described in

paragraph (1) shall

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(A) identify a location for a new head-

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quarters outside of the Washington metropoli-

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tan area;

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(B) maximize any potential cost savings

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associated with the relocation;

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(C) provide that, upon implementation of

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the plan, no more than 10 percent of the em-

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ployees of the agency are based in the Wash-

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ington metropolitan area; and

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(D) consider any potential national secu-

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rity implications of the relocation.

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(3) CERTIFICATION.Prior to the submission

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of a plan under paragraph (1), the Director of the

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Office of Management and Budget and the Adminis-

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trator of General Services shall certify the compli-

ance of the plan with the provisions of this section

if the plan meets the requirements described in

paragraph (2).

(4) IMPLEMENTATION.Not later than Sep-

tember 30, 2023, the head of each executive agency

shall implement the plan for such agency submitted

under paragraph (1).

(c) DEFINITIONS.For purposes of this section:

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(1) EXECUTIVE

term executive

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agency has the meaning given the term Executive

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agency in section 105 of title 5, United States

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Code, except that the term does not include the Ex-

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ecutive Office of the President.

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(2) WASHINGTON

METROPOLITAN AREA.The

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term Washington metropolitan area means the ge-

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ographic area located within the boundaries of

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(A) the District of Columbia;

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(B) Montgomery and Prince Georges

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Counties in the State of Maryland; and

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(C)

Arlington,

Fairfax,

Loudon,

and

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Prince William Counties and the City of Alex-

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andria in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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