The bill, titled the National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024, proposes amendments to the National Construction Safety Team Act. It allows the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to investigate not just buildings but all types of structures...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to let a group of experts check more than just buildings, like bridges and towers, to make sure they are safe and built well. They're changing some words in the law to say "structures" instead of just "buildings" so they can help make better rules for building all kinds of things safely.