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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…

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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.

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 7, 2020
Held at the desk.
Aug 7, 2020
Received in the House.
Aug 7, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 4, 2020
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4881-4882)
Aug 4, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 4, 2020
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S4881)
Aug 4, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4881-4882)
Sep 26, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240.
Sep 26, 2019
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-128.
Jul 10, 2019
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Feb 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,567 Capito, Shelley Moore In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Aug 4, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to (1) implement the recommendations in a specified report to help facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure, and (2) conduct a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of adopting such technology in sustainable infrastructure.

What's happening now August 7, 2020

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2393 Related bill NIST Creation of Composite Standards Act
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Feb 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-384/
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"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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-384/.
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S. 384, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-384/.
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