INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC) for INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Disaster mitigation/recovery and building codes and resilience in infrastructure investment, including within the Shelter Act (S. 1958) and the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act (S. 2301)

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: S. 2301 (116th), S. 1958 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Support water efficiency, funding for WaterSense, research to improve water standards, and water efficiency provisions in infrastructure investment, including within the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (HR 3052/S 2580)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Federal activities relating to energy conservation codes, efficiency provisions within federal infrastructure investment, and energy efficiency funding, including within the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (HR 2960/S 2470) and the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019 (S 2137)

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2960 (116th)

Housing HOU

Inspection requirements for military housing and housing safety requirements, including within National Defense Authorization Act (HR 2500/S 1790) and the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2019 (HR 1618)

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1618 (116th), H.R. 2500 (116th)

Science/Technology SCI

Recognition/promotion of private sector led code/standard development, including within S 384, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in the United States, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)