{"bill":{"id":"116-hr-2393","congress":116,"type":"HR","number":2393,"title":"NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2019-04-29","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"W000806","fullName":"Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]","party":"R","state":"FL","district":11}],"cosponsorsCount":5,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2019-04-29","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology."},"policyArea":"Science, Technology, Communications","subjects":["Building construction","Government information and archives","Infrastructure development","Materials","Research and development","Technology assessment"],"actions":[{"date":"2019-04-29","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2019-04-29","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2019-04-29","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2019-04-29","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":" <p><b>NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to implement the recommendations in the December 2017 report titled &quot;Road Mapping Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure&quot; to help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure.</p> <p>In implementing such recommendations, NIST shall </p> <ul> <li>establish a design data clearinghouse to identify, gather, validate, and disseminate existing design criteria, tools, guidelines, and standards; and </li> <li>develop methods and resources which are required for testing an evaluation of safe and appropriate uses of composite materials for infrastructure.</li> </ul>","updateDate":"2025-01-03T02:57:26Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":340,"ts":"2026-04-15T03:42:44.253Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=NIST%20Creation%20of%20Composite%20Standards%20Act"}]}}