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Democracy in Design Act

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.

Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Latest action (Feb 25, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (4)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresArchitectureGeneral Services AdministrationGovernment buildings, facilities, and property

Summary

The bill would require the General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator to ensure that the design of all public buildings in the United States adheres to the "Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture" published in 1962 by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space. The GSA Administrator would be required to promulgate regulations within 180 days of the bill's enactment to implement this requirement and to establish minimum standards for designing public buildings. The regulations would be issued through the notice and comment rulemaking process required under federal administrative law, allowing public input on the proposed standards.

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Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
  2. Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  3. Feb 25, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7388 — Smart Space Act of 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2891 — Democracy in Design Act · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 5194 — Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 2726 — Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HCONRES 47 — Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the public health, safety, and welfare implications of licensure of design professionals. · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 156 — Securing our Elections Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HRES 471 — Restoring Integrity in Democracy Resolution · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 55%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2025

Ms. Titus introduced 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 architecture, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Democracy in Design Act”.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND SURVEY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

(a) In General.—Section 3303 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph

(1), by inserting “(referred to in this section as the ‘Administrator’)” after “Services”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(e) Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture.—The Administrator shall ensure that the design of public buildings in the United States adheres to the principles described in the report published by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space entitled ‘Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture’ and dated June 1, 1962.”.

(b) Rulemaking.—

(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary—

(A) to implement the amendment made by subsection

(a)(2); and

(B) to establish minimum standards by which the Administrator of General Services shall design public buildings in the United States.

(2) Notice and comment.—The regulations required under paragraph (1) shall be issued after notice and an opportunity for public comment in accordance with the procedure applicable to substantive rules under section 553 of title 5, United States Code. <all>

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