Drain the Swamp Act of 2021
This bill repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of the federal government be exercised in the District of Columbia, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.
Each executive agency, by September 30, 2022, must submit a plan for the relocation of its headquarters outside of the Washington metropolitan area. Such plan shall
Each agency shall implement the plan by September 30, 2026.
To require the head of each executive agency to relocate such agency 
    outside of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drain the Swamp Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF AGENCY HEADQUARTERS.

    (a) Repeal of Headquarters Location Requirement.--Section 72 of 
title 4, United States Code, is repealed.
    (b) Headquarters Relocation Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the 
        head of each executive agency shall develop and submit to 
        Congress a plan for the relocation of the headquarters of that 
        agency outside of the Washington metropolitan area.
            (2) Requirements.--The plan described in paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    (A) identify a location for a new headquarters 
                outside of the Washington metropolitan area;
                    (B) maximize any potential cost savings associated 
                with the relocation;
                    (C) provide that, upon implementation of the plan, 
                no more than 10 percent of the employees of the agency 
                are based in the Washington metropolitan area; and
                    (D) consider any potential national security 
                implications of the relocation.
            (3) Certification.--Prior to the submission of a plan under 
        paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget and the Administrator of General Services shall certify 
        the compliance of the plan with the provisions of this section 
        if the plan meets the requirements described in paragraph (2).
            (4) Implementation.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the 
        head of each executive agency shall implement the plan for such 
        agency submitted under paragraph (1).
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 105 
        of title 5, United States Code, except that the term does not 
        include the Executive Office of the President.
            (2) Washington metropolitan area.--The term ``Washington 
        metropolitan area'' means the geographic area located within 
        the boundaries of--
                    (A) the District of Columbia;
                    (B) Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the 
                State of Maryland; and
                    (C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William 
                Counties and the City of Alexandria in the Commonwealth 
                of Virginia.
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Drain the Swamp Act of 2021
To require the head of each executive agency to relocate such agency outside of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
Drain the Swamp Act of 2021
Rep. Davidson, Warren