Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§7309 National Institute of Standards and Technology annual report

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 99— - NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM › § 7309

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

By February 15 each year, the Director must send a report to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. The report must give a short summary of the Teams’ investigations from the prior fiscal year; a summary of recommendations the Teams made in reports under section 7307 and how much those recommendations have been put into effect; and a description of what NIST did in the prior fiscal year to improve building safety and structural integrity in response to those reports.

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Title 15, §7309

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Not later than February 15 of each year, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—
(1)a summary of the investigations conducted by Teams during the prior fiscal year;
(2)a summary of recommendations made by the Teams in reports issued under section 7307 of this title during the prior fiscal year and a description of the extent to which those recommendations have been implemented; and
(3)a description of the actions taken to improve building safety and structural integrity by the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the prior fiscal year in response to reports issued under section 7307 of this title.

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Change of Name

Committee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.

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15 U.S.C. § 7309

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73