S2891-119

In Committee

Democracy in Design Act

119th Congress Introduced Sep 18, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Democracy in Design Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Transportation, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1558795C9B5841AF866AE086DCA60646: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Democracy in Design Act.
  • Section H28562D4844D446ABA7EC01E181742CFE: 2. Continuing investigation and survey of public buildings Section 3303 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Democracy in Design Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Transportation, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Democracy in Design Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Transportation Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 18, 2025

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Luján) introduced the …

Sep 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Transportation Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

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