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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 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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NIST Creation of 
Composite Standards Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPOSITES RESEARCH. 
(a) RESEARCH.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director, shall implement the recommendations contained 
in the December 2017 report entitled ‘‘Road Mapping 
Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of 
Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure’’, as appro-
priate, to help facilitate the adoption of composite tech-
nology in infrastructure in the United States. In imple-
menting such recommendations, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director shall, with respect to the use of com-
posite technology in infrastructure— 
(1) not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this section, establish a design data 
clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and dis-
seminate existing design criteria, tools, guidelines, 
and standards; and 
(2) develop methods and resources required for 
testing an evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of 
composite materials for infrastructure, including— 
(A) conditioning protocols, procedures, and 
models; 
(B) screening and acceptance tools; and 
(C) minimum allowable design data sets 
that can be converted into design tools. 
(b) STANDARDS
COORDINATION.—The Secretary, 
acting through the Director, shall insure that the appro-
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priate staff of the Institute consult regularly with stand-
ards developers, members of the composites industry, in-
stitutions of higher education, and other stakeholders in 
order to facilitate the adoption of standards for use of 
composite materials in infrastructure that are based on 
the research and testing results and other information de-
veloped by the Institute. 
(c) 
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
devote 
$11,000,000 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2020, 
subject to the availability of appropriations. This section 
shall be carried out using funds otherwise appropriated 
by law after the date of enactment of this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
(2) The term ‘‘Institute’’ means the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology. 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
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