The main purpose of this legislation, known as the Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act (SWAMP Act), is to create a competitive process for relocating the headquarters of certain federal agencies outside of the Washington metropolitan area. The goal is to encourage economic development in other states and reduce the concentration of federal agencies in Washington, D.C. Key provisions of the SWAMP Act include a prohibition on locating the headquarters of executive agencies in the Washington metropolitan area.