GSA requirements

(a) In general The Administrator shall adhere to the policy of the United States described in sections 3 and 4 and shall expeditiously update GSA policies and procedures to incorporate such policies and principles and advance the purpose of this Act. (b) Requirements The Administrator shall— (1) ensure that GSA architects 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 or traditional architecture; (2) create the position of senior advisor for architectural design, for an individual with specialized experience in classical architecture, to help develop GSA procedures, advise on architectural standards, and provide guidance 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, list experience with classical or traditional architecture as specialized experience and technical competence in the phase-1 solicitation, and give substantial weight to these factors when evaluating which offerors will be advanced to phase 2; 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 GSA Chief Architect and appropriate subordinate employees in the GSA Public Buildings Service involved in selecting designs for applicable Federal public buildings. (c) Requirements for design competition Where GSA intends to select a building design pursuant to a design competition, the Administrator shall— (1) actively recruit architectural firms and, as applicable, designers with experience in classical and traditional architecture to enter such competition; and (2) to the extent practicable, ensure that multiple design modes are advanced to the final evaluation round of such competition. (d) Notification In the event the Administrator proposes to approve a design for a new applicable Federal public building that diverges from the preferred architecture, including Brutalist or Deconstructivist architecture or any design derived from or related to these types of architecture, the Administrator shall notify the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy not less than 30 days before GSA could reject such design without incurring substantial expenditures. Such notification shall set forth the reasons the Administrator proposes to approve such design, including— (1) a detailed explanation of why the Administrator believes selecting such design is justified, with particular focus on whether such design is as beautiful and reflective of the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American system of self-government as alternative designs of comparable cost of using preferred architecture; (2) the total expected cost of adopting the proposed design, including estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout its expected lifecycle; and (3) a description of the designs using preferred architecture seriously considered for such project and the total expected cost of adopting such designs, including estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout their expected lifecycles.