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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4446 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2024 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Construction 

5 Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM EN2 HANCEMENT. 

3 The National Construction Safety Team Act is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 7301)— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)— 

7 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘structure’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting after the first sen10 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In in11 stances in which the failure of the building 

12 or structure is the proper subject for inves13 tigation by another Federal agency, the 

14 Director shall defer to the authority of 

15 such agency.’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (b)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

18 ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘the built envi19 ronment’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (I) in subparagraph (A), by in22 serting ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘build23 ing’’; 

24 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 

25 striking ‘‘building standards, codes, 

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1 neering standards, practices, and 

2 building codes’’; and 

3 (III) in subparagraph (D), by 

4 striking ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘the built environment’’; and 

6 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (G), by inserting 

8 ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (J)— 

10 (I) by inserting ‘‘or structure’’ 

11 after ‘‘building’’; and 

12 (II) by inserting ‘‘or the National 

13 Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 

14 2004’’ after ‘‘1977’’; 

15 (2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 7303)— 

16 (A) by striking the term ‘‘building’’ each 

17 place it appears; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘building or structure’’ 

19 before ‘‘failure’’ each place it appears; 

20 (3) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 7306), by inserting 

21 ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 

22 (4) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 7307)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

24 structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘stand2 ards, codes, and practices’’ and inserting ‘‘engi3 neering standards, practices, and building 

4 codes’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and 

6 structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 

7 (5) in section 9(2) (15 U.S.C. 7308(2)), by 

8 striking ‘‘building standards, codes, and practices’’ 

9 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘engineering 

10 standards, practices, and building codes’’; and 

11 (6) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 7312), by striking 

12 ‘‘building standards, codes, or practices’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘engineering standards, practices, and building 

14 codes’’. 

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