Democracy in Design Act

Bill: 116-hr-7604
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Architecture

Building construction

Government buildings, facilities, and property
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Democracy in Design Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to ensure that the construction and acquisition of federal public buildings (e.g., agency office buildings) adheres to the principles of the report titled <i>Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture</i>. </p> <p>The report was issued by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space on June 1, 1962, and serves as the policy directive for the GSA's Design Excellence Program within its Public Buildings Service. Among other principles, the report prescribes against the development of an official architectural style for government buildings and encourages the government to avoid excessive uniformity in building design.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7604 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2020 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 construction and acquisition of public buildings in the United States adheres to the guiding principles for Federal architecture, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Democracy in Design Act . 2. Continuing investigation and survey of public buildings Section 3303 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Guiding principles for Federal architecture The Administrator shall ensure that the construction and acquisition of public buildings in the United States adheres to the principles described in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space, issued June 1, 1962, and titled Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture . .