Maryland lawmakers are in favor of the amendment, which would prevent Trump from using funds to build the FBI headquarters anywhere but Greenbelt.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) told his colleagues on the Appropriations Committee that they should reject the administration’s request “to snatch” money Congress already designated for a different project.

The FBI announced Tuesday that it planned to move its Washington headquarters several blocks away from its current five-decade-old home.The bureau and the General Services Administration said the Ronald Reagan Building complex had been selected as the new location,