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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4143 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2023 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr. LUCAS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Construction 
Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM EN-
HANCEMENT. 
The National Construction Safety Team Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 7301)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘structure’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In in-
stances in which the failure of the building 
or structure is the proper subject for inves-
tigation by another Federal agency, the 
Director shall defer to the authority of 
such agency.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘buildings’’ and inserting ‘‘the built envi-
ronment’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘build-
ing’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘building standards, codes, 
and practices’’ and inserting ‘‘engi-
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neering 
standards, 
practices, 
and 
building codes’’; and 
(III) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking ‘‘buildings’’ and inserting 
‘‘the built environment’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (G), by inserting 
‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (J)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or structure’’ 
after ‘‘building’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or the National 
Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 
2004’’ after ‘‘1977’’; 
(2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 7303)— 
(A) by striking the term ‘‘building’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘building or structure’’ 
before ‘‘failure’’ each place it appears; 
(3) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 7306), by inserting 
‘‘or structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 
(4) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 7307)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘stand-
ards, codes, and practices’’ and inserting ‘‘engi-
neering standards, practices, and building 
codes’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and 
structure’’ after ‘‘building’’; 
(5) in section 9(2) (15 U.S.C. 7308(2)), by 
striking ‘‘building standards, codes, and practices’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘engineering 
standards, practices, and building codes’’; 
(6) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 7312), by striking 
‘‘building standards, codes, or practices’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘engineering standards, practices, and building 
codes’’; and 
(7) by amending section 15 (15 U.S.C. 7313) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027.’’. 
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