NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act
Latest action · Apr 29, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 29, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to implement the recommendations in the December 2017 report titled "Road Mapping Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure" to help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure.
In implementing such recommendations, NIST shall
- establish a design data clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and disseminate existing design criteria, tools, guidelines, and standards; and
- develop methods and resources which are required for testing an evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of composite materials for infrastructure.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2019 to Sep 17, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Apr 29, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 29, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Apr 29, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 29, 2019 |
| Research and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 29, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- Apr 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 69, April 29, 2019, page H3304.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-22 | THE NEED FOR RESILIENCE: PREPARING AMERICA'S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE129 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | May 21, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 384 | 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. | Related bill | Aug 7, 2020 |
| HR 5685 | Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 composites in sustainable infrastructure.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
