Voice Your Support for Protecting Safety Standards

As we near the close of the congressional year, it is important that members of ASME continue to voice their opposition to dangerous legislation that would compromise safety standards and severely alter the standards industry.  

The Pro Codes Act (HR 1631) mandates that SDOs like ASME and others provide their intellectual property in the form of standards on the internet for free if any part of this standard is incorporated by reference into law by a federal, state or local government. If the SDO does not comply, the penalty is loss of copyright. Because many of these not-for-profit SDOs rely solely on their standards sales to fund the development of their standards, the loss of copyright would destroy the ability of SDOs to produce the safety standards we rely on and the damaging impact this bill would have on safety standards.   

You can learn more about this bill as well as watch our new video here: stopprocodesact.com 

The Pro Codes Act is opposed by nearly every major American SDO, and as the unintended consequences of this bill are realized, the opposition grows. You can play a role in helping to stop this legislation.  

Visit stopprocodesact.com and make your voice heard.