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Proc 9262ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9262

National Building Safety Month, 2015

This proclamation designates May 2015 as National Building Safety Month, encouraging Americans to prepare buildings for disasters and highlighting administration efforts on resilient infrastructure, including a flood standard for federally funded structures in floodplains established earlier in 2015.

Federal Register Open PDF 80 FR 25573

Key directives

  • Encourage citizens, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other interested groups to join in activities that raise awareness about building safety
  • Call on all Americans to learn more about how they can contribute to building safety at home and in their communities

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of May 2015 as National Building Safety Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document references prior flood standard for federally funded structures but does not establish new binding requirements here
  • Climate resilience framing may carry political valence but proclamation itself is non-binding
Proclamation 9262: National Building Safety Month, 2015 · Executive Orders