[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7604 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7604

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2020

  Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 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.

    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.

    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'.''.
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