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Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings

Executive Order 12941 mandates that federal agencies adopt minimum seismic safety standards for existing federally owned or leased buildings, requires agencies to inventory buildings and estimate mitigation costs within 4 years, and assigns FEMA and NIST implementation and reporting responsibilities. The order also establishes a schedule for periodic updates to the standards and bars private judicial enforcement.