I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5565 
To promote classical and traditional architectural styles in Federal public 
buildings to enhance civic pride, reflect national heritage, and ensure 
aesthetic excellence in government infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To promote classical and traditional architectural styles in 
Federal public buildings to enhance civic pride, reflect 
national heritage, and ensure aesthetic excellence in gov-
ernment infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Make Federal Archi-
tecture Beautiful Again Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) 2025 DOLLARS.—The term ‘‘2025 dollars’’ 
means dollars adjusted for inflation using the Bu-
reau of Economic Analysis’s Gross Domestic Prod-
uct price deflator and using 2025 as the base year. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the General Services Administration. 
(3) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
(4) APPLICABLE FEDERAL PUBLIC BUILDING.— 
The term ‘‘applicable Federal public building’’ 
means— 
(A) all Federal courthouse and agency 
headquarters; 
(B) all Federal public buildings in the Na-
tional Capital Region; and 
(C) all other Federal public buildings that 
cost or are expected to cost more than 
50,000,000 in 2025 dollars to design, build, 
and finish, but does not include infrastructure 
projects or land ports of entry. 
(5) BRUTALIST
ARCHITECTURE.—The term 
‘‘Brutalist architecture’’ means the style of architec-
ture that grew out of the early 20th-century mod-
ernist movement that is characterized by a massive 
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and block-like appearance with a rigid geometric 
style and large-scale use of exposed poured concrete. 
(6) CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘classical ar-
chitecture’’ means the architectural tradition— 
(i) derived from the forms, principles, 
and vocabulary of the architecture of 
Greek and Roman antiquity; and 
(ii) later developed and expanded on 
by— 
(I) Renaissance architects, in-
cluding Alberti, Brunelleschi, Michel-
angelo, and Palladio; 
(II) Enlightenment masters, in-
cluding Robert Adam, John Soane, 
and Christopher Wren; 
(III) 19th Century architects, in-
cluding Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 
Robert Mills, and Thomas U. Walter; 
and 
(IV) 20th Century practitioners, 
including 
Julian 
Abele, 
Daniel 
Burnham, Rafael Carmoega, Charles 
F. McKim, John Russell Pope, Julia 
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