{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-4143","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 4143","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to enable the National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate structures other than buildings to inform the development of engineering standards, best practices, and building codes related to such structures, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to enable the National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate structures other than buildings to inform the development of engineering standards, best practices, and building codes related to such structures, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-06-15","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-05-08","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h195","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act","result":"Passed","yea":358,"nay":41,"present":0,"not_voting":30,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll195.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2024-05-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-05-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill expands the authority of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to investigate structural failures other than those involving buildings and to recommend related improvements to engineering standards and practices."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill expands the investigative authority of NIST's National Construction Safety Teams. Currently, these teams are authorized to investigate the structural failure of a building that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that had the significant potential to cause a substantial loss of life. These teams must (1) identify the likely cause of the failure, (2) evaluate the technical aspects of evacuation and response procedures, and (3) recommend ways to improve building standards, codes, and practices and other related actions based on their findings."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill expands this authority beyond buildings to include other types of structures and related engineering standards and practices."}],"words":147},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the National Construction Safety Team Act so that National Institute of Standards and Technology investigations cover the failure of structures as well as buildings, and so that related references to standards, practices and codes are changed to match.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}]},"core_areas":["National Construction Safety Team Act investigative authority over structures as well as buildings","Engineering standards, practices and building codes terminology in the Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 2(a) of the National Construction Safety Team Act by striking \"buildings\" and inserting \"structure\" in its first sentence.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}},{"text":"Adds a sentence to section 2(a) of the Act directing the Director to defer to another Federal agency's authority where the failure of the building or structure is the proper subject for investigation by that agency.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}},{"text":"Amends section 2(b) of the Act by replacing \"buildings\" with \"the built environment\" in paragraphs (1) and (2)(D), and by adding \"or structure\" after \"building\" in paragraph (2)(A).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}},{"text":"Replaces \"building standards, codes, and practices\" with \"engineering standards, practices, and building codes\" in several places in the Act, including sections 2(b)(2)(C), 8(3), 9(2) and 14.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}},{"text":"Adds \"or the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004\" after \"1977\" in section 2(c)(1)(J) of the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#HD9EC56B000BE4EBE97560D3798F6F576"}},{"text":"Sets the short title as the \"National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh#H55E32A08F83E4C3F81F20D1CDE8E0989"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4143/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-4143.png","v":"799359e6f5d0","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4143, 118th Congress: National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024. House: 358 Yea, 41 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 May 2024."}}