Built To Last Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4439 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4439 To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent, Federal set of best available forward-looking meteorological information and to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to make such set available, with advice and technical assistance, to standards- developing organizations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 29, 2026 Ms. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent, Federal set of best available forward-looking meteorological information and to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to make such set available, with advice and technical assistance, to standards- developing organizations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Built To Last Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CONSISTENT, FEDERAL SET OF BEST AVAILABLE FORWARD-LOOKING METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. (3) Extreme weather.--The term ``extreme weather'' includes observed or anticipated severe and unseasonable atmosphe