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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1464 

To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene 

an effort to make available to standard-developing organizations a consistent, authoritative set of climate information, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2017 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. 

KILMER, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

to convene an effort to make available to standard-developing organizations a consistent, authoritative set of climate information, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Institute of 

5 Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Cli6 mate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUC7 CESS) Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Stand3 ards and Technology shall identify a consistent, authori4 tative set of climate information, emphasizing forward5 looking climate information and projections, to assist Fed6 eral and non-Federal organizations that develop stand7 ards, building codes, and voluntary certifications to appro8 priately anticipate extreme weather and other climate 

9 change challenges. 

10 (b) CONVENING AGENCIES.—In order to identify in11 formation as required under subsection (a), the National 

12 Institute of Standards and Technology, in coordination 

13 with the United States Global Change Research Program 

14 and the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, shall 

15 convene relevant Federal agencies. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

17 (1) the term ‘‘extreme weather’’ includes ob18 served or anticipated severe and unseasonable at19 mospheric conditions, including drought, wildfire, 

20 heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other 

21 windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, ex22 treme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation 

23 that deviate from historical averages, and any other 

24 weather event that the National Institute of Stand25 ards and Technology, in coordination with the 

26 United States Global Change Research Program and 


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1 the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, deter2 mines qualifies as extreme weather; and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘other climate change challenges’’ 

4 means wildfires, king tides, rising sea levels, and any 

5 other climate change-related challenges that the Na6 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, in co7 ordination with the United States Global Change 

8 Research Program and the Mitigation Framework 

9 Leadership Group, determines qualify as climate 

10 change challenges other than extreme weather. 

11 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. 

12 The National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

13 with appropriate assistance from relevant Federal agen14 cies, shall— 

15 (1) identify Federal and non-Federal efforts to 

16 set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifi17 cations relating to energy, government facilities, 

18 transportation systems, water and wastewater sys19 tems, and other infrastructure and systems that may 

20 depend on accurate climate information and projec21 tions; and 

22 (2) take appropriate steps to make information 

23 identified under section 2 available to the entities 

24 setting such standards, codes, and certifications. 


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1 SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STANDARD-SETTING 

2 EFFORTS. 

3 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

4 shall coordinate Federal agencies’ efforts— 

5 (1) to set standards, building codes, and vol6 untary certifications relating to energy, government 

7 facilities, transportation systems, water and waste8 water systems, and other infrastructure and systems 

9 that may depend on accurate climate information 

10 and projections; or 

11 (2) to contribute to the setting of such stand12 ards, codes, and certifications by others. 

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