ACCURATE Act

This bill directs the head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology) to create an advisory Commission on Hazard Risk Assessment Tools within 180 days. The Commission would identify tools such as flood maps and risk scores used by federal agencies, and recommend standards for checking their data, assumptions, and results, along with best practices for buying them. Members would come from government, industry, community groups, and universities, and would have to disclose financial conflicts of interest. If standards are adopted, federal agencies would have to use them when buying such tools from private companies where practicable, and sellers would have to document how their tools meet the standards. The Commission would end 5 years after the law is enacted.

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Sponsors

• Scott Franklin Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors