GSA requirements

(a) In general The Administrator shall— (1) adhere to the policy of the United States described in section 2 and the Guiding Principles; and (2) expeditiously update policies and procedures of the Administration— (A) to incorporate the policy of the United States described in section 2 and the Guiding Principles; and (B) to advance the purpose of this Act. (b) Requirements In adhering to the policy of the United States described in section 2 and the Guiding Principles, the Administrator shall— (1) ensure that architects employed by the Administration, whose duties include reviewing, assisting with, or approving the selection of architects or designs for applicable Federal public buildings, have formal training in, or substantial and significant experience with, classical architecture or traditional architecture; (2) establish a position of Senior Advisor for Architectural Design in the Administration, which shall be filled by an individual with specialized experience in classical architecture or traditional architecture, the responsibilities of which shall be— (A) to assist in the development of Administration procedures relating to carrying out this Act; (B) to advise on architectural standards; and (C) to provide guidance to the Administrator during design evaluations or design juries; (3) where the design of an applicable Federal public building is selected pursuant to a design-build competition under section 3309 of title 41, United States Code— (A) list experience with classical architecture or traditional architecture as specialized experience and technical competence in the phase-one solicitation; and (B) give substantial weight to those factors when evaluating which offerors will be advanced to phase-two; and (4) consistent with sections 4302 and 4312 of title 5, United States Code, make advancing the purposes and implementing the policies of this Act a critical performance element in the individual performance plans of the Chief Architect of the Administration and appropriate subordinate employees in the Public Buildings Service involved in selecting designs for applicable Federal public buildings. (c) Design competitions In addition to the requirements described in subsection (b)(3), if the Administrator intends to select a building design for an applicable Federal building pursuant to a design competition, the Administrator shall— (1) actively recruit architectural firms; (2) as applicable, recruit designers with experience in classical architecture and traditional architecture to enter the competition; and (3) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that multiple design modes are advanced to the final evaluation round. (d) Notification (1) In general If the Administrator proposes to approve a design for a new applicable Federal public building that diverges from the preferred architecture, including Brutalist architecture, Deconstructivist architecture, or any design derived from or related to those styles of architecture, the Administrator shall submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, not later than 30 days before the date on which the Administrator could reject the design without incurring substantial expenditures, a notification in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) Requirements A notification submitted under paragraph (1) shall describe the reasons the Administrator proposes to approve a design described in that paragraph, including— (A) a detailed explanation of why the Administrator believes selecting the design is justified, with particular focus on whether the design is as beautiful and reflective of the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the system of self-government in the United States as alternative designs of comparable cost using preferred architecture; (B) the total expected cost of adopting the proposed design, including estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout the expected lifecycle of the design; and (C) (i) a description of the designs using preferred architecture seriously considered for the project; and (ii) the total expected cost of adopting those designs, including estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout the expected lifecycles of those designs.