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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 384
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, to help facilitate the adoption of composite
technology in infrastructure in the United States, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF COMPOSITE
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TECHNOLOGY IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
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(a) RESEARCH.—Subject to the availability of appro-
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priations, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the
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Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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nology, shall implement the recommendations contained in
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the December 2017 report entitled ‘‘Road Mapping Work-
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shop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Com-
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posites in Sustainable Infrastructure’’, as appropriate, to
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help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in in-
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frastructure in the United States. In implementing such
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recommendations, the Secretary, acting through the Di-
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rector shall, with respect to the use of composite tech-
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nology in infrastructure—
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(1) not later than 1 year after the date of the
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enactment of this Act, develop a design for a data
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clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and dis-
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seminate existing design criteria, tools, evaluation
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methods and services, guidelines, and standards in a
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timely manner;
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(2) not later than 18 months after the date of
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the enactment of this Act, establish the data clear-
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inghouse described in paragraph (1);
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(3) when it would not duplicate or displace
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building product-specific private sector developed
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methods and resources, develop methods and re-
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sources for testing and evaluating safe and appro-
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priate uses of composite materials for infrastructure,
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including—
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(A) conditioning protocols, procedures and
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models;
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(B) screening and acceptance tools; and
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(C) minimum allowable design data sets
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that can be converted into design tools; and
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(4) work with other Federal agencies, as appro-
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priate, to identify environmental impacts and
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recyclability of composite materials.
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(b) STANDARDS
COORDINATION.—The Secretary,
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acting through the Director, shall assure that the appro-
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priate Institute staff consult regularly with standards de-
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velopers, evaluation and accreditation bodies, members of
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the composites industry, institutions of higher education,
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and other stakeholders in order to facilitate the adoption
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of standards for use of composite materials in infrastruc-
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ture that are based on the research and testing results
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and other information developed by the Institute.
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(c) PILOT PROGRAM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of
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appropriations, commencing not later than 1 year
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
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rector of the National Institute of Standards and
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Technology shall, in consultation with the Industry-
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University Cooperative Research Centers Program of
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the National Science Foundation, conduct a pilot
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program to assess the feasibility and advisability of
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adopting composite technology in sustainable infra-
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structure.
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(2) DURATION.—The Director shall carry out
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the pilot program during the 4-year period beginning
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on the date of the commencement of the pilot pro-
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gram.
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(3) REPORTS.—
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(A) PRELIMINARY
REPORT.—Not later
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than the date that is 2 years after the date of
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the commencement of the pilot program, the
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Director shall submit to the Committee on
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
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Senate and the Committee on Science, Space,
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and Technology of the House of Representa-
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tives a report on the preliminary findings of the
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Director with respect to the pilot program.
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(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the
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date that is 90 days after the date of the com-
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pletion of the pilot program, the Director shall
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submit to the committees referred to in sub-
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paragraph (A) a report on the findings of the
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Director with respect to the pilot program.
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Passed the Senate August 4, 2020.
Attest:
Secretary.
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 384
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting
through the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, to help facilitate the
adoption of composite technology in infrastruc-
ture in the United States, and for other pur-
poses.