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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 con-
sistent, 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-devel-
oping organizations a consistent, authoritative set of cli-
mate information, 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 Institute of 
Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Cli-
mate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUC-
CESS) Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology shall identify a consistent, authori-
tative set of climate information, emphasizing forward- 
looking climate information and projections, to assist Fed-
eral and non-Federal organizations that develop stand-
ards, building codes, and voluntary certifications to appro-
priately anticipate extreme weather and other climate 
change challenges. 
(b) CONVENING AGENCIES.—In order to identify in-
formation 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’’ includes ob-
served or anticipated severe and unseasonable at-
mospheric conditions, including drought, wildfire, 
heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other 
windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, ex-
treme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation 
that deviate from historical averages, and any other 
weather event that the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, in coordination with the 
United States Global Change Research Program and 
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the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, deter-
mines qualifies as extreme weather; and 
(2) the term ‘‘other climate change challenges’’ 
means wildfires, king tides, rising sea levels, and any 
other climate change-related challenges that the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, in co-
ordination with the United States Global Change 
Research Program and the Mitigation Framework 
Leadership Group, determines qualify as climate 
change challenges other than extreme weather. 
SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
with appropriate assistance from relevant Federal agen-
cies, shall— 
(1) identify Federal and non-Federal efforts to 
set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifi-
cations relating to energy, government facilities, 
transportation systems, water and wastewater sys-
tems, and other infrastructure and systems that may 
depend on accurate climate information and projec-
tions; and 
(2) take appropriate steps to make information 
identified under section 2 available to the entities 
setting such standards, codes, and certifications. 
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SEC. 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 vol-
untary certifications relating to energy, government 
facilities, transportation systems, water and waste-
water systems, and other infrastructure and systems 
that may depend on accurate climate information 
and projections; or 
(2) to contribute to the setting of such stand-
ards, codes, and certifications by others. 
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