Rep. Jordan insists on withholding funds for new FBI HQ unless it’s relocated outside Washington.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Wants to Move FBI Headquarters Out of Washington

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is calling on House Appropriations Committee Chairman Kay Granger (R-Texas) to withhold funds for the design and construction of a new FBI headquarters complex in the Washington suburbs.

But Mr. Jordan’s request goes beyond keeping the FBI at its current location in the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. He wants to relocate the premier law enforcement agency out of the Washington region, possibly to Alabama.

“The Committee remains concerned about the politicization of federal law enforcement power emanating from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The centralization of FBI operations in the National Capitol Region has led to duplication of activity best left to the respective field offices, contributed to reduced autonomy in local field offices, and allowed improper political influence to taint law enforcement investigations and activity,”

Mr. Jordan is requesting that no funds be used to build a new FBI headquarters. He also directs the FBI to submit an operational plan within 90 days to move the headquarters out of the National Capital Region, considering the resources available at the FBI’s Redstone Arsenal Campus in Huntsville, AL.

This request regarding the FBI headquarters is just one of 39 funding actions sought by Mr. Jordan as the House of Representatives works on 12 appropriations bills before the Sept. 30 deadline.

If the bills are not sent to President Joe Biden for signature by then, the federal government may face a shutdown until the necessary funds are approved.

Among the other funding requests are measures to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from using tax dollars to investigate “politically sensitive” individuals unless career civil servants are in charge of such investigations.

There is also a proposal to deny funding for labeling communications by United States persons as misinformation, disinformation, or mal-information.

Additionally, the requests include measures to prohibit the use of tax dollars for officials who retaliate against whistleblowers or suppress the constitutional rights of DOJ or FBI employees under the First Amendment.

One of the requests is to prevent the DOJ from implementing a policy that discourages United States Marshals Service employees from fully enforcing laws against harassing or injuring Supreme Court justices.

Mr. Jordan is particularly concerned about the politicization of federal law enforcement and aims to address these issues through the appropriations process.