National Institute of Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Climate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUCCESS) Act of 2017

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Institute of Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Climate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUCCESS) Act of 2017 2. Identification of information (a) In general The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall identify a consistent, authoritative set of climate information, emphasizing forward-looking climate information and projections, to assist Federal and non-Federal organizations that develop standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications to appropriately anticipate extreme weather and other climate change challenges. (b) Convening agencies In order to identify information as required under subsection (a), the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in coordination with the United States Global Change Research Program and the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, shall convene relevant Federal agencies. (c) Definitions For purposes of this section— (1) the term extreme weather (2) the term other climate change challenges 3. Dissemination of information The National Institute of Standards and Technology, with appropriate assistance from relevant Federal agencies, shall— (1) identify Federal and non-Federal efforts to set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications relating to energy, government facilities, transportation systems, water and wastewater systems, and other infrastructure and systems that may depend on accurate climate information and projections; and (2) take appropriate steps to make information identified under section 2 available to the entities setting such standards, codes, and certifications. 4. Coordination of Federal standard-setting efforts The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall coordinate Federal agencies’ efforts— (1) to set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications relating to energy, government facilities, transportation systems, water and wastewater systems, and other infrastructure and systems that may depend on accurate climate information and projections; or (2) to contribute to the setting of such standards, codes, and certifications by others.

Summary: National Institute of Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Climate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUCCESS) Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to: (1) identify consistent and authoritative climate information to assist organizations that develop standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications to appropriately anticipate extreme weather and other climate change challenges; (2) identify efforts to set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications relating to infrastructure and systems that may depend on accurate climate information and projections; and (3) take steps to make the information available to the entities setting those standards, codes, and certifications. NIST must also coordinate federal agencies efforts to set those standards, codes, and certifications.