USA Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4906

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act
  to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
  Technology to advance the principles of openness, transparency, due
  process, appeals, and consensus in the development of international
                   standards, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 2025

   Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself and Mr. Self) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space,
                             and Technology

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act
  to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
  Technology to advance the principles of openness, transparency, due
  process, appeals, and consensus in the development of international
                   standards, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Utilize Standards for All Act'' or
the ``USA Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 10245 of the Research and Development, Competition, and
Innovation Act (Public Law 117-167; 42 U.S.C. 18951) is amended by
amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Importance of International Standards Development.--The
Director shall carry out the following:
            ``(1) Advance the principles of openness, transparency, due
        process, appeals, and consensus in the development of
        international standards.
            ``(2) Shall promote voluntary consensus standards,
        developed through a private sector-led process (domestically
        and internationally) in accordance with the National Institute
        of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.), as in
        effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this
        subsection, which are the cornerstone of the United States
        standardization system and serve as the basis for a sound
        national economy and the key to global market access.
            ``(3) Strengthen the unique United States public-private
        partnerships approach to advance United States interests in
        standards development, as such is critical to United States
        economic competitiveness.
            ``(4) In coordination with the heads of relevant Federal
        agencies, ensure cooperation and coordination across Federal
        agencies to partner with and support private sector
        stakeholders regarding standards development for emerging
        technologies.''.
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