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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1584 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Administrator of General Services to ensure that the design |
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| 6 | 6 | | of public buildings in the United States adheres to the guiding principles |
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| 7 | 7 | | for Federal architecture, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | ITUSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Administrator of General Services to ensure |
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| 15 | 15 | | that the design of public buildings in the United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | adheres to the guiding principles for Federal architec- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ture, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Democracy in Design 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND SURVEY OF PUB-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | LIC BUILDINGS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Section 3303 of title 40, United 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States Code, is amended— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this sec-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tion as the ‘Administrator’)’’ after ‘‘Services’’; and 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(e) G |
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| 36 | 36 | | UIDINGPRINCIPLES FORFEDERALARCHITEC-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | TURE.—The Administrator shall ensure that the design of 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | public buildings in the United States adheres to the prin-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ciples described in the report published by the Ad Hoc 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Committee on Federal Office Space entitled ‘Guiding 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Principles for Federal Architecture’ and dated June 1, 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1962.’’. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) R |
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| 44 | 44 | | ULEMAKING.— 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | trator of General Services shall promulgate such reg-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ulations as are necessary— 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) to implement the amendment made by 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subsection (a)(2); and 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) to establish minimum standards by 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | which the Administrator of General Services 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | shall design public buildings in the United 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | States. 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) NOTICE AND COMMENT .—The regulations 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | required under paragraph (1) shall be issued after 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | notice and an opportunity for public comment in ac-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | cordance with the procedure applicable to sub-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | stantive rules under section 553 of title 5, United 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | States Code. 6 |
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