Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5194 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5194 To prescribe Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2025 Mr. Kiley of California (for himself and Mr. Moore of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prescribe 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 ``Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. It is the policy of the United States that-- (1) applicable Federal public buildings should-- (A) uplift and beautify public spaces; (B) inspire the human spirit; (C) ennoble the United States; (D) command respect from the general public; (E) be visually identifiable as civic buildings; and (F) as appropriate, respect regional architectural heritage; (2) designs for applicable Federal public buildings should be selected with substantial input from the local community; (3) architecture, particularly traditional architecture and classical architecture, that meets the criteria described in paragraph (1) is the preferred architecture for applicable Federal public buildings; (4) in the District of Columbia, classical architecture is the preferred and default architecture for applicable Federal public buildings absent exceptional factors necessitating another kind of architecture; (5) where the architecture of applicable Federal public buildings diverges from the criteria described in paragraph (1), great care and consideration sha