15 U.S.C. § 281a
Structural failures
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 281a, Structural failures, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440369
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology, on its own initiative but only after consultation with local authorities, may initiate and conduct investigations to determine the causes of structural failures in structures which are used or occupied by the general public. No part of any report resulting from such investigation, or from an investigation under the National Construction Safety Team Act [15 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.], shall be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages arising out of any matter mentioned in such report.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Construction Safety Team ActHouse: 338–23Senate: no recorded tally