H.R. 4143 aims to amend the National Construction Safety Team Act to give the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) the authority to investigate failures in structures beyond just buildings. This change is meant to help develop better engineering standards,...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 4143 is a plan to let experts check not just buildings, but other structures too, like bridges, to make sure they are safe and help make better rules on how to build them. If another group of experts is better suited to do the checking, then this team will let them take over.