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OMB Control No: 3090-0274	ICR Reference No: 202201-3090-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201907-3090-001
Agency/Subagency: GSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Art in Architecture Program Historic Buildings and the Arts (PCAC); GSA 7437
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 01/21/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 01/21/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/21/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2022	6 Months From Approved	10/31/2022
Responses	300	0	300
Time Burden (Hours)	75	0	75
Cost Burden (Dollars)	543	0	1,494

Abstract: No law mandates that a percentage of federal construction budgets be spent to commission fine art. The Art in Architecture (AIA) program is the result of a policy decision made in January 1963 by the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Administrator Bernard L. Boudin, who served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space in 1961-62. The Committee’s report to President Kennedy included the “Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture,” which detailed a new quality conscious Federal attitude toward architecture. The AIA program has been modified over the years, most recently in 2020 to align with Executive Order (E.O.) 13934 issued July 3, 2020, Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes. As mandated by E.O. 13934, the AIA program prioritizes the commissioning of artworks that portray historically significant Americans or events of American historical significance, or that illustrate the ideals upon which the Nation was founded. Priority should be given to public-facing monuments to former Presidents of the United States, and to individuals and events relating to the discovery of America, the founding of the United States, and the abolition of slavery. Such works of art should be designed to be appreciated by the general public and by those who use and interact with Federal buildings. When an artwork commissioned by GSA is meant to depict a historically significant American, the artwork must be a lifelike or realistic representation of that person, not an abstract or modernist representation. The AIA program is being modified to align with E.O. 14029, Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment, which revoked E.O. 13934, and to support the goals of E.O. 13895, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. The AIA program continues to commission works of art from living American artists. One half of one percent of the estimated construction cost of new or substantially renovated Federal buildings and U.S. courthouses is allocated for commissioning works of art. With the implementation of the policy, the AIA program actively seeks to commission works from the full spectrum of American artists and strives to promote new media and inventive solutions for public art. GSA has awarded over 500 commissions to artists with established careers and artists of local and regional prominence. In support of the AIA program’s goal to commission the most talented contemporary American artists to create works for the nation’s important new civic buildings, it is necessary to identify those artists. The National Artist Registry (Registry) offers the opportunity for artists across the country to participate and to be considered for commissions.

Emergency Justfication: E.O. 13934 requires GSA to prioritize the commissioning of works of art portraying historically significant Americans or events of American historical significance or illustrative of the ideals upon which the Nation was founded. The ICR requests artists to respond to optional demographic information. This information is being collected to help ensure diversity in support of E.O. 13895. GSA estimates the number of submissions will increase due to the Administration’s efforts to heighten awareness of the Registry and motivate artists to register. This will also help future assessments of the relationship between U.S. demographic trends and the composition of artists within the Registry. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) includes a significant infusion of funding for prospectus level projects that would fall under the purview of the Art In Architecture program. To ensure that a diverse pool of artists and portfolios are considered for new commissions, GSA has chosen the interim rule option to remove the outdated policies in the program provisions in a timely manner. The current policies severely limit both the forms of art and artists that could be considered for commissions and would restrict the diversity and equity priorities of the Administration as stated in E.O. 13985. The interim rule enables GSA to revoke these restrictive policies in a timely manner before numerous projects from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are forced to follow the more restrictive policies. In view of the foregoing, GSA requests emergency OMB approval for this ICR to be effective immediately.

Authorizing Statute(s): EO: EO 13934 Name/Subject of EO: Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3090-AK47	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Art in Architecture Program Historic Buildings and the Arts (PCAC); GSA 7437	GSA 7437

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	300	300	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	75	75	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	543	1,494	-951

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,227

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Jennifer Gibson 202 501-0930 jennifer.gibson@gsa.gov

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