Advanced Composites Development Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2034
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Disaster relief and insurance
Education programs funding
Energy research
Government information and archives
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
 Advanced Composites Development Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretaries of Transportation (DOT), Energy (DOE), Defense (DOD), and Homeland Security (DHS), to carry out a program to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure, advance the technologies used to produce alternative energy, enhance our military security, and develop new disaster mitigation systems by making grants to consortia for the establishment and operation of Advanced Composites Development Centers. 
 
Instructs the Secretaries to work with stakeholders to identify problems that can be solved over a period of five years through the development of an advanced composite material. 
 
Requires such Centers, by working with the private sector, to strive to produce new composite materials, including related manufacturing processes or applications, that: (1) are lighter, stronger, and more durable than existing materials; (2) have lower life-cycle costs or lower overall environmental impacts; and (3) have an immediate practical application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in House