Leading Engineering Societies Urge Congress to Stop Pro Codes Act

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a coalition of other leading standards development organizations (SDOs) have sent a letter to the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary urging its members to oppose H.R. 4072, the Pro Codes Act. 

“ASME strongly opposes the Pro Codes Act and urges Congress to reject this misguided legislation,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “We join a broad coalition of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) representing over two million engineering and technical professionals across all 50 states to express our deep concern that this bill is being advanced without stakeholder consensus, expert input or proper legislative scrutiny. The Pro Codes Act poses serious risks to the proven public-private standards system that underpins safety, innovation and U.S. technological leadership. It would impose sweeping mandates that destabilize copyright protections and penalize the very organizations that develop the voluntary standards our industries and infrastructure rely on. This bill has already failed in previous Congresses, and we urge Congress to reject it again.”

The coalition includes ASME, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), ASTM International, SAE International, the American Welding Society (AWS), the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI), and the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB).

Read the letter and learn more at https://www.stopprocodesact.com/news.