[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2393 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2393

To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the 
 National Institute of Standards and Technology, to implement certain 
    recommendations relating to overcoming barriers to adoption of 
               composites in sustainable infrastructure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2019

Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. 
    Posey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the 
 National Institute of Standards and Technology, to implement certain 
    recommendations relating to overcoming barriers to adoption of 
               composites in sustainable infrastructure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``NIST Creation of Composite Standards 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPOSITES RESEARCH.

    (a) Research.--The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 
implement the recommendations contained in the December 2017 report 
entitled ``Road Mapping Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to 
Adoption of Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure'', as appropriate, 
to help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in 
infrastructure in the United States. In implementing such 
recommendations, the Secretary, acting through the Director shall, with 
respect to the use of composite technology in infrastructure--
            (1) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
        this section, establish a design data clearinghouse to 
        identify, gather, validate, and disseminate existing design 
        criteria, tools, guidelines, and standards; and
            (2) develop methods and resources required for testing an 
        evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of composite materials 
        for infrastructure, including--
                    (A) conditioning protocols, procedures, and models;
                    (B) screening and acceptance tools; and
                    (C) minimum allowable design data sets that can be 
                converted into design tools.
    (b) Standards Coordination.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director, shall insure that the appropriate staff of the Institute 
consult regularly with standards developers, members of the composites 
industry, institutions of higher education, and other stakeholders in 
order to facilitate the adoption of standards for use of composite 
materials in infrastructure that are based on the research and testing 
results and other information developed by the Institute.
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary shall devote $11,000,000 to carry out 
this section for fiscal year 2020, subject to the availability of 
appropriations. This section shall be carried out using funds otherwise 
appropriated by law after the date of enactment of this section.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology.
            (2) The term ``Institute'' means the National Institute of 
        Standards and Technology.
            (3) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
            (4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
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