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Part VIII
The President
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Executive Order 12941--
Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or
Leased Buildings
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 232
Monday, December 5, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
                Executive Order 12941 of December 1, 1994
Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or
                Leased Buildings
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, and in furtherance of the Earthquake Hazards
                Reduction Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 101-
                614, which requires the President to adopt ``standards
                for assessing and enhancing the seismic safety of
                existing buildings constructed for or leased by the
                Federal Government which were designed and constructed
                without adequate seismic design and construction
                standards'' (42 U.S.C. 7705b(a)), it is hereby ordered
                as follows:
                Section 1. Adoption of Minimum Standards. The Standards
                of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned or
                Leased Buildings (Standards), developed, issued, and
                maintained by the Interagency Committee on Seismic
                Safety in Construction (ICSSC), are hereby adopted as
                the minimum level acceptable for use by Federal
                departments and agencies in assessing the seismic
                safety of their owned and leased buildings and in
                mitigating unacceptable seismic risks in those
                buildings. The Standards shall be applied, at a
                minimum, to those buildings identified in the Standards
                as requiring evaluation and, if necessary, mitigation.
                Evaluations and mitigations that were completed prior
                to the date of this order under agency programs that
                were based on standards deemed adequate and appropriate
                by the individual agency need not be reconsidered
                unless otherwise stipulated by the Standards.
                    For the purposes of this order, buildings are
                defined as any structure, fully or partially enclosed,
                located within the United States as defined in the
                Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended,
                (42 U.S.C. 7703(5)), used or intended for sheltering
                persons or property, except for the exclusions
                specified in the Standards.
                Sec. 2. Estimating Costs of Mitigation. Each agency
                that owns or leases buildings for Federal use shall,
                within 4 years of the issuance of this order, develop
                an inventory of their owned and leased buildings and
                shall estimate the costs of mitigating unacceptable
                seismic risks in those buildings. The cost estimate
                shall be based on the exemptions and evaluation and
                mitigation requirements in the Standards. Guidance for
                the development of the inventory and cost estimates
                will be issued by the ICSSC no later than 1 year after
                the signing of this order. Cost estimates with
                supporting documentation shall be submitted to the
                Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
                (FEMA) no later than 4 years after the signing of this
                order.
                Sec. 3. Implementation Responsibilities. (a) The
                Federal Emergency Management Agency is responsible for
                (1) notifying all Federal departments and agencies of
                the existence and content of this order; (2) preparing
                for the Congress, in consultation with the ICSSC, no
                later than 6 years after the issuance of this order, a
                comprehensive report on how to achieve an adequate
                level of seismic safety in federally owned and leased
                buildings in an economically feasible manner; and (3)
                preparing for the Congress on a biennial basis, a
                report on the execution of this order.
                    (b) The National Institute of Standards and
                Technology is responsible for providing technical
                assistance to the Federal departments and agencies in
                the implementation of this order.
                    (c) Federal departments and agencies may request an
                exemption from this order from the Director of the
                Office of Management and Budget.
                Sec. 4. Updating Programs. The ICSSC shall update the
                Standards at least every 5 years. It shall also update
                the Standards within 2 years of the publication of the
                first edition of FEMA's Guidelines for Seismic
                Rehabilitation of Buildings and Commentary.
                Sec. 5. Judicial Review. Nothing in this order is
                intended to create any right to administrative or
                judicial review, or any other right, benefit, or trust
                responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable
                at law by any party against the United States, its
                agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
                employees, or any person.
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                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    December 1, 1994.
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