Protect Safety Codes by Supporting Advancement of the Pro Codes Act
The International Code Council encourages its members to ask Members of Congress to support the Pro Codes Act.
The Pro Codes Act (H.R. 4072), which ensures non-profit standards developers can continue to self-fund the development and updating of safety codes, will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives in the near future.
Learn more about this important legislation below and join the International Code Council and a broad coalition of building and fire safety organizations by clicking HERE to ask Members of Congress to support the Pro Codes Act.
Why Support The Pro Codes Act?
America’s codes and standards are vital to ensuring public health and safety and are developed by and for building safety professionals. The Code Council reinvests the revenue generated from the sale of the codes in technical staff, IT infrastructure, code development committees and to fund in-person hearings. Each element is essential to ensure top quality codes.
This model also allows the Code Council to invest in the future of building safety by providing scholarships, chapter support and educational benefits, career development opportunities and more.
What Spurred The Pro Codes Act?
In recent years, companies that contribute nothing to the code development process have been profiting from the efforts of Code Council staff, members and contributors. To protect the code development process and prevent unauthorized and erroneous copies of the codes from being published, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, supported by a coalition of standards development organizations, introduced the Pro Codes Act.
The Pro Codes Act ensures that the public will have free access to codes and standards while preserving the ownership rights of the code and standard developers.
How to Take Action
Last Congress, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly advanced the Pro Codes Act by a vote of 19 to 4. We’re confident that with the support of the codes and standards development community across the country, this Congress will pass the Pro Codes Act and send it to the President’s desk for his signature.
Join this effort by filling out this form to ask your Members of Congress to support this legislation.
Learn more about The Pro Codes Act, here.
About the Author
The International Code Council is a nonprofit association that provides a wide range of building safety solutions, including product evaluation, accreditation, certification, codification and training. It develops model codes and standards used worldwide to construct safe, sustainable, affordable and resilient structures.
