S. 4439 119th Congress Senate

Built To Last Act of 2026

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 29, 2026 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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Apr 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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Education, Dept of
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Energy, Dept of
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
2 filings
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4439: Built To Last Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4439/

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"S. 4439: Built To Last Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4439/.

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S. 4439, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4439/.

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