[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4906

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
  to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
  Technology to advance the principles of openness, transparency, due 
  process, appeals, and consensus in the development of international 
                   standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 2025

   Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself and Mr. Self) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                             and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
  to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
  Technology to advance the principles of openness, transparency, due 
  process, appeals, and consensus in the development of international 
                   standards, 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 ``Utilize Standards for All Act'' or 
the ``USA Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 10245 of the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act (Public Law 117-167; 42 U.S.C. 18951) is amended by 
amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Importance of International Standards Development.--The 
Director shall carry out the following:
            ``(1) Advance the principles of openness, transparency, due 
        process, appeals, and consensus in the development of 
        international standards.
            ``(2) Shall promote voluntary consensus standards, 
        developed through a private sector-led process (domestically 
        and internationally) in accordance with the National Institute 
        of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.), as in 
        effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
        subsection, which are the cornerstone of the United States 
        standardization system and serve as the basis for a sound 
        national economy and the key to global market access.
            ``(3) Strengthen the unique United States public-private 
        partnerships approach to advance United States interests in 
        standards development, as such is critical to United States 
        economic competitiveness.
            ``(4) In coordination with the heads of relevant Federal 
        agencies, ensure cooperation and coordination across Federal 
        agencies to partner with and support private sector 
        stakeholders regarding standards development for emerging 
        technologies.''.
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