[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 451 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 208
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 451
To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help facilitate
the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in the United
States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2021
Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Schatz) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
December 17, 2021
Reported by Ms. Cantwell, without amendment
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help facilitate
the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in the United
States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Composite Standards Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY IN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Research.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 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 appropriate, to help
facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in
the United States. In implementing such recommendations, the Secretary,
acting through the Director shall, with respect to the use of composite
technology in infrastructure--
(1) not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, develop a design for a data clearinghouse to
identify, gather, validate, and disseminate existing design
criteria, tools, evaluation methods and services, guidelines,
and standards in a timely manner;
(2) not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, establish the data clearinghouse
described in paragraph (1);
(3) when it would not duplicate or displace building
product-specific private sector developed methods and
resources, develop methods and resources for testing and
evaluating 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; and
(4) work with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to
identify environmental impacts and recyclability of composite
materials.
(b) Standards Coordination.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall assure that the appropriate Institute staff consult
regularly with standards developers, evaluation and accreditation
bodies, members of the composites industry, institutions 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
developed by the Institute.
(c) Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, commencing not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology shall, in consultation
with the Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers
Program of the National Science Foundation, conduct a pilot
program to assess the feasibility and advisability of adopting
composite technology in sustainable infrastructure.
(2) Duration.--The Director shall carry out the pilot
program during the 4-year period beginning on the date of the
commencement of the pilot program.
(3) Reports.--
(A) Preliminary report.--Not later than the date
that is 2 years after the date of the commencement of
the pilot program, the Director shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives a report on
the preliminary findings of the Director with respect
to the pilot program.
(B) Final report.--Not later than the date that is
90 days after the date of the completion of the pilot
program, the Director shall submit to the committees
referred to in subparagraph (A) a report on the
findings of the Director with respect to the pilot
program.
Calendar No. 208
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 451
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help facilitate
the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in the United
States, and for other purposes.
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December 17, 2021
Reported without amendment