{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-science-committee-passes-bills-advance-research-and-technology", "House Science Committee Passes Bills to Advance Research and Technology Development on AI, Nuclear Energy, and Natural Disasters", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Jennifer L. McClellan", "M001227", "mcclellan.house.gov", "mcclellan", "https://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee passed four bills on a bipartisan basis to advance research and technology development, ensuring that the United States remains a global leader in artificial intelligence, energy, and natural disaster resilience:\n\nH.R. 9671, the Department of Energy (DOE) Artificial Intelligence Act, provides updated guidance for DOE\u2019s activities in developing advanced artificial intelligence systems to carry out its national security, energy, and scientific discovery missions.\n\nH.R. 9710, the Small Modular Reactor Demonstration Act, gives direction and guidance to DOE to create demonstration projects and empower research on small modular reactors and micro-reactors.\n\nH.R. 9720, the AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act, directs National Institute Standards and Technologies (NIST) to use existing vulnerability management processes to account for AI vulnerabilities.\n\nH.R. 9723, the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act, reauthorizes and revamps NIST\u2019s program to improve collaboration and research on the effects of climate change on windstorm behavior.\n\nCongresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), a member of the House Science Committee, successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 9723 based on her recently introduced H.R. 9771, the Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for the Long Term (BUILT) Act. McClellan\u2019s amendment will support interdisciplinary coordination to address the risks to infrastructure integrity resulting from changing climate and environmental conditions. Watch her testimony in committee here.\n\n\u201cAs the climate crisis continues to worsen, we must take immediate action to mitigate the most devastating impacts and protect our communities and critical infrastructure systems from harm,\u201d said Congresswoman McClellan. \u201cDevastating extreme weather events remind us of the urgency of the moment and the need to continue improving our resiliency efforts. I offered provisions from my BUILT Act as an amendment to the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2024 to invest in our future by promoting forward-looking research into climate resiliency.\u201d\n\nThe BUILT Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to facilitate research on how climate conditions can affect subsurface properties and how technology can be used to assess infrastructure integrity risks, as well as to convene a workshop of representatives across the public and private sector.\n\nThe BUILT Act is endorsed by the American Geophysical Union and the National Institute of Building Sciences. Both are concerned with the advancement of solutions to solve local and community-based problems with the built environment.\n\n\u201cThe nation\u2019s deficient infrastructure must be improved to protect American lives,\u201d said Dr. George Guszcza, President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences. \u201cNIST recognizes the role lifeline infrastructure plays to support community resilience and recovery after disasters. Together, we can build a framework to design resilient buildings and infrastructure.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-science-committee-passes-bills-advance-research-and-technology"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.080869860947132, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}