,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah 
7legislative day1 ,september #af71 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,lujn7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,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 
architecture1 and for other purposes4   
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,democracy in ,design ,act4
  #b4  ,continuing investigation and    
survey of public buildings  7a7  ,in    
general  ,section #ccjc of title #dj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7a71 in the matter   
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by inserting  
7referred to in this section as the     
,administrator7 after ,services2 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3

  7e7  ,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  
#a1 #aifb4  4  7b7  ,rulemaking  7#a7   
,in general  ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,administrator of ,general    
,services shall promulgate such         
regulations as are necessary--  7,a7 to 
implement the amendment made by         
subsection 7a77#b72 and  7,b7 to        
establish minimum standards by which the
 ,administrator of ,general ,services   
shall design public buildings 7as       
defined in section #ccja7;a7 of title   
#dj1 ,united ,states ,code7 in the      
,united ,states4  7#b7  ,notice and     
comment  ,the regulations required under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall be issued after   

notice and an opportunity for public    
comment in accordance with the procedure
 applicable to substantive rules under  
section #eec of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4