I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3272 
To reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2011 
Mr. NEUGEBAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction 
Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Windstorm 
Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 203(1) of the National Windstorm Impact 
Reduction Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15702(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
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nology Policy’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology’’. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 204 of the National Windstorm Impact Re-
duction Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15703) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Na-
tional Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, the purpose 
of which is to achieve major measurable reductions in the 
losses of life and property from windstorms through a co-
ordinated Federal effort, in cooperation with other levels 
of government, academia, and the private sector, aimed 
at improving the understanding of windstorms and their 
impacts and developing and encouraging the implementa-
tion of cost-effective mitigation measures to reduce those 
impacts. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) LEAD AGENCY.—The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology shall have the primary 
responsibility for planning and coordinating the Pro-
gram. In carrying out this paragraph, the Director 
shall— 
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‘‘(A) ensure that the Program includes the 
necessary components to promote the imple-
mentation of windstorm risk reduction meas-
ures by Federal, State, and local governments, 
national standards and model building code or-
ganizations, architects and engineers, and oth-
ers with a role in planning and constructing 
buildings and lifelines; 
‘‘(B) support the development of perform-
ance-based engineering tools, and work with ap-
propriate groups to promote the commercial ap-
plication of such tools, including through wind- 
related model building codes, voluntary stand-
ards, and construction best practices; 
‘‘(C) request the assistance of Federal 
agencies other than the Program agencies, as 
necessary to assist in carrying out this Act; 
‘‘(D) coordinate all Federal post-windstorm 
investigations; and 
‘‘(E) when warranted by research or inves-
tigative findings, issue recommendations to as-
sist in informing the development of model 
codes, and provide information to Congress on 
the use of such recommendations. 
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