NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act

I 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 compos- ites in sustainable infrastructure. 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 Com- mittee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to implement certain recommendations relat- ing to overcoming barriers to adoption of composites in sustainable infrastructure. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NIST Creation of 4 Composite Standards Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2393.IH H2393 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2393 IH SEC. 2. COMPOSITES RESEARCH. 1 (a) RESEARCH.—The Secretary, acting through the 2 Director, shall implement the recommendations contained 3 in the December 2017 report entitled ‘‘Road Mapping 4 Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of 5 Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure’’, as appro- 6 priate, to help facilitate the adoption of composite tech- 7 nology in infrastructure in the United States. In imple- 8 menting such recommendations, the Secretary, acting 9 through the Director shall, with respect to the use of com- 10 posite technology in infrastructure— 11 (1) not later than 6 months after the date of 12 enactment of this section, establish a design data 13 clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and dis- 14 seminate existing design criteria, tools, guidelines, 15 and standards; and 16 (2) develop methods and resources required for 17 testing an evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of 18 composite materials for infrastructure, including— 19 (A) conditioning protocols, procedures, and 20 models; 21 (B) screening and acceptance tools; and 22 (C) minimum allowable design data sets 23 that can be converted into design tools. 24 (b) STANDARDS COORDINATION.—The Secretary, 25 acting through the Director, shall insure that the appro- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2393.IH H2393 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2393 IH priate staff of the Institute consult regularly with stand- 1 ards developers, members of the composites industry, in- 2 stitutions of higher education, and other stakeholders in 3 order to facilitate the adoption of standards for use of 4 composite materials in infrastructure that are based on 5 the research and testing results and other information de- 6 veloped by the Institute. 7 (c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall devote 8 $11,000,000 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2020, 9 subject to the availability of appropriations. This section 10 shall be carried out using funds otherwise appropriated 11 by law after the date of enactment of this section. 12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 (1) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 14 the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 15 (2) The term ‘‘Institute’’ means the National 16 Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 18 has the meaning given such term in section 101 of 19 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 20 1001). 21 (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 22 of Commerce. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2393.IH H2393 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS