,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjai,mr4
 ,webster of ,florida 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 and ,mr4    
,posey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,commerce1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,national ,institute of          
,standards and ,technology1 to implement
 certain recommendations relating to    
overcoming barriers to adoption of      
composites in sustainable               
infrastructure4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,nist         
,creation of ,composite ,standards ,act4
  #b4 ,composites research  7a7         
,research ,the ,secretary1 acting       
through the ,director1 shall implement  
the recommendations contained in the    
,december #bjag report entitled ,road   
,mapping ,workshop ,report on           
,overcoming ,barriers to ,adoption of   

,composites in ,sustainable             
,infrastructure1 as appropriate1 to help
 facilitate the adoption of composite   
technology in infrastructure in the     
,united ,states4 ,in implementing such  
recommendations1 the ,secretary1 acting 
through the ,director shall1 with       
respect to the use of composite         
technology in infrastructure--  7#a7 not
 later than #f months after the date of 
enactment of this section1 establish a  
design data clearinghouse to identify1  
gather1 validate1 and disseminate       
existing design criteria1 tools1        
guidelines1 and standards2 and  7#b7    
develop methods and resources required  
for testing an evaluation of safe and   
appropriate uses of composite materials 
for infrastructure1 including--  7,a7   
conditioning protocols1 procedures1 and 
models2  7,b7 screening and acceptance  
tools2 and  7,c7 minimum allowable      
design data sets that can be converted  
into design tools4  7b7 ,standards      
coordination ,the ,secretary1 acting    

through the ,director1 shall insure that
 the appropriate staff of the ,institute
 consult regularly with standards       
developers1 members of the composites   
industry1 institutions of higher        
education1 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 ,institute4
  7c7 ,funding ,the ,secretary shall    
devote #aa1jjj1jjj to carry out this    
section for fiscal year #bjbj1 subject  
to the availability of appropriations4  
,this section shall be carried out using
 funds otherwise appropriated by law    
after the date of enactment of this     
section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,the term ,director means 
the ,director of the ,national          
,institute of ,standards and            
,technology4  7#b7 ,the term ,institute 
means the ,national ,institute of       
,standards and ,technology4  7#c7 ,the  

term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#aja of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja74  7#d7 ,the 
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,commerce4