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DeLauro on the Issues | Legislation Legislation Introduced by Congresswoman DeLauro107th Congress | 106th Congress | Search for Legislation 107th CongressThe CASA Code and Safety for the Americas Act, H.R. 2567 Back to LegislationThis bill authorizes the President to carry
out a development assistance program to improve international building
construction practices in Latin American countries. It provides for such
assistance through grants for: training of selected professionals in eligible
Latin American countries in the ICC International Codes; and translation into
Spanish, and the publication of, specified international building codes. The
legislation will help these nations recover from a pair of devastating
earthquakes (both 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale) killing nearly 2,000
people.
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