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S 1943 118th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics

Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023

Introduced: September 11, 2023 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 13, 2023
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Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023

This bill establishes policy on the preferred architecture of federal public buildings. For example, the bill establishes that (1) traditional and classical architecture is the preferred style for federal public buildings, and (2) classical architecture is the default and preferred style for federal public buildings in the District of Columbia.

The bill also establishes a Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture to evaluate and advise the General Services Administration (GSA) on the design of new and existing federal public buildings. If GSA approves a design that diverges from preferred architecture, it must notify Congress and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.

What's happening now June 13, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1943: Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1943/
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"S. 1943: Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1943/.
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S. 1943, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1943/.
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