Sec. 304. Critical materials standards and metrology
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Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purposes, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (referred to in this section as the Director ) shall carry out a critical materials program to enable advances and breakthroughs in measurement science, technical standards, material characterization, instrumentation, testing, and manufacturing, including recycling, capabilities that will accelerate research and development and produce relevant technical standards for sustainable, secure, and traceable critical material supply chains.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall carry out measurement science, technical standards, material characterization, instrumentation, testing, or other activities, as appropriate, to support the following: Activities related to advancing innovative materials, including byproducts and qualified substitutes, recycled materials, and innovative combinations for downstream applications. Activities related to advancing recycling processes of critical materials, including techniques to improve reusability of recycled content.
Activities related to facilitating the development of technical standards within the critical material supply chain to promote interoperability, collaboration, and traceability. Activities related to paragraphs
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(3)with international partners, as appropriate. Other activities identified by the Director, as appropriate, to advance the goal described in such subsection. Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Director shall convene a consortium to identify future standards and metrology needs to promote advanced recycling processes of critical materials. The members of the Consortium may include representatives from the National Laboratories, Manufacturing USA institutes, and other federally funded research and development centers, academia, industry, nonprofit organizations, labor organizations, and international partners, as appropriate. The Consortium may not offer membership to any individual who is a representative of a foreign entity of concern or a foreign entity of a foreign country of concern. The Consortium shall— access the current gaps within relevant technical standards and metrology regarding the needs described in paragraph (1); identify any gaps in research necessary to meet such needs; and provide recommendations regarding how Federal agencies can address such gaps in carrying out activities related to critical materials recycling. Not later than two years after the establishment of the Consortium, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report summarizing the findings of the Consortium. The Director shall ensure that the activities carried out by the Consortium are complementary and not duplicative of the collaborative activities carried out by the Critical Materials Consortium established under section 7002(g)(8) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(g)(8) ). The Consortium shall terminate five years after its establishment. In carrying out this section, the Director shall collaborate with the Secretary of Energy. The Director shall ensure activities carried out under this section are complementary and not duplicative of existing programs across the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy, and other Federal departments and agencies.
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