FBI selects Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. to house new headquarters

The FBI and General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday announced they had selected the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. as the bureau's new headquarters, ending a years-long search.

The headquarters has been located in the J. Edgar Hoover building in downtown D.C. since 1975, but the building has been plagued by structural issues for the last 20 years, prompting the long search for a new home. 

The new selection is expected to save American taxpayers billions of dollars by choosing an existing federal building, rather than building a suburban campus that would have taken years to complete.

"This is a historic moment for the FBI,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. "Through our strong partnerships with members of Congress and GSA, we are ushering FBI Headquarters into a new era and providing our agents of justice a safer place to work. 

"Moving to the Ronald Reagan Building is the most cost effective and resource efficient way to carry out our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution," he added.

The building was previously home to the U.S. Agency for International Development until the Trump administration shuttered it earlier this year, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection moved in. 

It was not immediately clear when the bureau is expected to transition to the new location.

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