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