National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024

IIB 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 4143 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 9, 2024 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to enable the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H4143.RFS H4143 DMWilson on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 4143 RFS 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 ‘‘National Construction 4 Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024’’. 5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM EN- 6 HANCEMENT. 7 The National Construction Safety Team Act is 8 amended— 9 (1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 7301)— 10 (A) in subsection (a)— 11 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 12 ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘structure’’; and 13 (ii) by inserting after the first sen- 14 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In in- 15 stances in which the failure of the building 16 or structure is the proper subject for inves- 17 tigation by another Federal agency, the 18 Director shall defer to the authority of 19 such agency.’’; 20 (B) in subsection (b)— 21 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 22 ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘the built envi- 23 ronment’’; and 24 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4143.RFS H4143 DMWilson on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 4143 RFS (I) in subparagraph (A), by in- 1 serting ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘build- 2 ing’’; 3 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 4 striking ‘‘building standards, codes, 5 and practices’’ and inserting ‘‘engi- 6 neering standards, practices, and 7 building codes’’; and 8 (III) in subparagraph (D), by 9 striking ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting 10 ‘‘the built environment’’; and 11 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 12 (i) in subparagraph (G), by inserting 13 ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; and 14 (ii) in subparagraph (J)— 15 (I) by inserting ‘‘or structure’’ 16 after ‘‘building’’; and 17 (II) by inserting ‘‘or the National 18 Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 19 2004’’ after ‘‘1977’’; 20 (2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 7303)— 21 (A) by striking the term ‘‘building’’ each 22 place it appears; and 23 (B) by inserting ‘‘building or structure’’ 24 before ‘‘failure’’ each place it appears; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4143.RFS H4143 DMWilson on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 4143 RFS (3) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 7306), by inserting 1 ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 2 (4) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 7307)— 3 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 4 structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 5 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘stand- 6 ards, codes, and practices’’ and inserting ‘‘engi- 7 neering standards, practices, and building 8 codes’’; and 9 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and 10 structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 11 (5) in section 9(2) (15 U.S.C. 7308(2)), by 12 striking ‘‘building standards, codes, and practices’’ 13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘engineering 14 standards, practices, and building codes’’; and 15 (6) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 7312), by striking 16 ‘‘building standards, codes, or practices’’ and insert- 17 ing ‘‘engineering standards, practices, and building 18 codes’’. 19 Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2024. Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4143.RFS H4143 DMWilson on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with BILLS