[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4143 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4143

   To amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to enable the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate 
     structures other than buildings to inform the development of 
 engineering standards, best practices, and building codes related to 
                such structures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2023

Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to enable the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate 
     structures other than buildings to inform the development of 
 engineering standards, best practices, and building codes related to 
                such structures, and for other purposes.

    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 ``National Construction Safety Team 
Enhancement Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ENHANCEMENT.

    The National Construction Safety Team Act is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 7301)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``buildings'' and inserting ``structure''; and
                            (ii) by inserting after the first sentence 
                        the following new sentence: ``In instances in 
                        which the failure of the building or structure 
                        is the proper subject for investigation by 
                        another Federal agency, the Director shall 
                        defer to the authority of such agency.'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``buildings'' and inserting ``the built 
                        environment''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                inserting ``or structure'' after 
                                ``building'';
                                    (II) in subparagraph (C), by 
                                striking ``building standards, codes, 
                                and practices'' and inserting 
                                ``engineering standards, practices, and 
                                building codes''; and
                                    (III) in subparagraph (D), by 
                                striking ``buildings'' and inserting 
                                ``the built environment''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ``or 
                        structure'' after ``building''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (J)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``or structure'' 
                                after ``building''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``or the National 
                                Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 
                                2004'' after ``1977'';
            (2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 7303)--
                    (A) by striking the term ``building'' each place it 
                appears; and
                    (B) by inserting ``building or structure'' before 
                ``failure'' each place it appears;
            (3) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 7306), by inserting ``or 
        structure'' after ``building'';
            (4) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 7307)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or structure'' 
                after ``building'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``standards, 
                codes, and practices'' and inserting ``engineering 
                standards, practices, and building codes''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and 
                structure'' after ``building'';
            (5) in section 9(2) (15 U.S.C. 7308(2)), by striking 
        ``building standards, codes, and practices'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``engineering standards, practices, and 
        building codes'';
            (6) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 7312), by striking ``building 
        standards, codes, or practices'' and inserting ``engineering 
        standards, practices, and building codes''; and
            (7) by amending section 15 (15 U.S.C. 7313) to read as 
        follows:

``SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology $5,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2024 through 2027.''.
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