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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. D

 AVIDSON

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

 

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

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drain the Swamp Act

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of 2017’’.

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SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF AGENCY HEADQUARTERS.

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(a) R

EPEAL OF

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EADQUARTERS

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OCATION

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E

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2

QUIREMENT

.—Section 72 of title 4, United States Code,

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is repealed.

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(b) H

EADQUARTERS

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ELOCATION

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LAN

.—

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(1) I

N GENERAL

.—Not later than September

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30, 2018, the head of each executive agency shall

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develop and submit to Congress a plan for the relo-

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cation of the headquarters of that agency outside of

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the Washington metropolitan area.

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(2) R

EQUIREMENTS

.—The plan described in

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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) C

ERTIFICATION

.—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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