,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #chd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,capito 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,peters7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,commerce1    
acting through the ,director of the     
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology1 to help facilitate the     
adoption of composite technology in     
infrastructure in the ,united ,states1  
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,facilitating the adoption of composite 
technology in infrastructure  7a7       
,research ,the ,secretary of ,commerce1 
acting through the ,director of the     
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology1 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 #i months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 develop a   
design for a data clearinghouse to      
identify1 gather1 validate1 and         
disseminate existing design criteria1   
tools1 guidelines1 and standards in a   
timely manner2  7#b7 not later than #ah 
months after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 establish the data        
clearinghouse described in paragraph    
7#a72 and  7#c7 develop methods and     
resources required for testing and      
evaluating safe and appropriate uses of 
composite materials for infrastructure1 
including--  7,a7 conditioning          
protocols1 procedures 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 assure that the        
appropriate ,institute staff 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 ,pilot program  7#a7 ,in general  
,commencing not later than #a year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,director of the ,national         
,institute of ,standards and ,technology
 shall1 in consultation with the        
,industry-,university ,cooperative      
,research ,centers ,program of the      
,national ,science ,foundation1 conduct 

a pilot program to assess the           
feasibility and advisability of adopting
 composite technology in sustainable    
infrastructure4  7#b7 ,duration ,the    
,director shall carry out the pilot     
program during the #d-year period       
beginning on the date of the            
commencement of the pilot program4  7#c7
 ,reports  7,a7 ,preliminary report ,not
 later than the date that is #b years   
after the date of the commencement of   
the pilot program1 the ,director shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,commerce1  
,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate and the ,committee on ,science1 
,space1 and ,technology of the ,house of
 ,representatives a report on the       
preliminary findings of the ,director   
with respect to the pilot program4  7,b7
 ,final report ,not later than the date 
that is #ij days after the date of the  
completion of the pilot program1 the    
,director shall submit to the committees
 referred to in subparagraph 7,a7 a     
report on the findings of the ,director 

with respect to the pilot program4