# 119-s-4439: Built To Last Act of 2026

119-s-4439, Built To Last Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4439
- Congress: 119
- Title: Built To Last Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-29
- Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Would establish a federal system to produce and share consistent, forward-looking meteorological information** that standards bodies, model building codes, and voluntary certification programs can use to plan for future extreme weather and environmental trends. The bill focuses on modeling future extreme weather and related trends and on getting usable data and technical help to people who write standards and codes. - Standards and code developers would receive publicly available long-term meteorological data and targeted technical assistance from the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help incorporate future risk into standards, model building codes, and voluntary certifications. - Researchers and federal agencies would be directed to create a consistent federal dataset that models extreme weather and other environmental trends, including wildfires, coastal and inland flooding, land subsidence, and sea level rise, and the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere would support needed research and provide mesoscale meteorological information when appropriate. - Implementation and outreach would use existing channels such as the Fire Research Center and the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy would convene an interagency working group with the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal weather data for building codes: benefit, medium. This bill would set up a federal working group led by the OSTP Director with USGCRP and the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group. The Under Secretary of Commerce would fund and identify research to produce a consistent set of forward-looking long-term meteorological data that models extreme weathe…

## Related bills

- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4439 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4439)

## Related
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4439 (as of 2026-09-10).