National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) 

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) was created in 1977 by Public Law 95-124. In 1978, the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) was created as a function of NEHRP and comprises representatives of all federal agencies engaged in construction, financing of construction, or related activities. The mission of the ICSSC is to assist federal agencies in developing and incorporating earthquake risk reduction measures in their ongoing programs.

The NEHRP Lead Agency shall lead the ICSSC and shall lead the development and maintenance of ICSSC guidelines to assist the agencies with implementing earthquake risk reduction measures in their construction programs. The secretariat for the ICSSC can be reached at icssc@nist.gov.

• MEMBERSHIP
• PUBLICATIONS
  • Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings, ICSSC Recommended Practice 10 (RP 10-22), NIST IR 8458e2022
    Please follow this link to submit proposals for change, submit questions, or add content to the ongoing forum regarding implementation or interpretation of its content.
  • Implementation Guidelines for Executive Order 13717: Establishing a Federal Earthquake Risk Management Standard, ICSSC Recommended Practice 9 (RP 9), NIST TN 1922
  • Executive Order 13717, February 2, 2016
• EVENTS
• Spring 2024 Virtual Meeting, May 29, 2024, 1:30-3:00 ET 
• Meeting Presentation PDF 6.2MB 
• Fall 2023 Hybrid Meeting, November 7, 2023, 9:00-3:00 ET
• Meeting Agenda PDF 160KB 
• ICSSC Meeting Agenda F23 PDF 912KB
• ICSSC EO Presentation F23 PDF 1.5MB
• ICSSC Membership F23 PDF 1.2MB
• ICSSC Beyond Code and Resilience S23 PDF 1.4MB
• Spring 2023 Virtual Meeting, May 16, 2023, 1:30-3:00 ET
• Meeting Agenda PDF 588KB
• Meeting Presentation PDF 4.5MB

Please contact Jay Harris at NIST (ICSSC@nist.gov) with any questions.     

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