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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 composites 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 Committee 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 relating to overcoming barriers to adoption of composites 

in sustainable infrastructure. 

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 ‘‘NIST Creation of 

5 Composite Standards Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPOSITES RESEARCH. 

2 (a) RESEARCH.—The Secretary, acting through the 

3 Director, shall implement the recommendations contained 

4 in the December 2017 report entitled ‘‘Road Mapping 

5 Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of 

6 Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure’’, as appro7 priate, to help facilitate the adoption of composite tech8 nology in infrastructure in the United States. In imple9 menting such recommendations, the Secretary, acting 

10 through the Director shall, with respect to the use of com11 posite technology in infrastructure— 

12 (1) not later than 6 months after the date of 

13 enactment of this section, establish a design data 

14 clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and dis15 seminate existing design criteria, tools, guidelines, 

16 and standards; and 

17 (2) develop methods and resources required for 

18 testing an evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of 

19 composite materials for infrastructure, including— 

20 (A) conditioning protocols, procedures, and 

21 models; 

22 (B) screening and acceptance tools; and 

23 (C) minimum allowable design data sets 

24 that can be converted into design tools. 

25 (b) STANDARDS COORDINATION.—The Secretary, 

26 acting through the Director, shall insure that the approVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2393.IH H2393

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1 priate staff of the Institute consult regularly with stand2 ards developers, members of the composites industry, in3 stitutions of higher education, and other stakeholders in 

4 order to facilitate the adoption of standards for use of 

5 composite materials in infrastructure that are based on 

6 the research and testing results and other information de7 veloped by the Institute. 

8 (c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall devote 

9 $11,000,000 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2020, 

10 subject to the availability of appropriations. This section 

11 shall be carried out using funds otherwise appropriated 

12 by law after the date of enactment of this section. 

13 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

15 the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘Institute’’ means the National 

17 Institute of Standards and Technology. 

18 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

19 has the meaning given such term in section 101 of 

20 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

21 1001). 

22 (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

23 of Commerce. 

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