Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5639) to update the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5639 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Institute of Standards and Technology Improvement Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. STANDARDS AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT. Section 2 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)-- (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``authorized to take'' and inserting ``authorized to serve as the President's principal adviser on standards policy pertaining to the Nation's technological competitiveness and innovation ability and to take''; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``compare standards'' and all that follows through ``Federal Government'' and inserting ``facilitate standards-related information sharing and cooperation between Federal agencies''; and (C) in paragraph (13), by striking ``Federal, State, and local'' and all that follows through ``private sector'' and inserting ``technical standards activities and conformity assessment activities of Federal, State, and local governments with private sector''; and (2) in subsection (c)-- (A) in paragraph (22), by striking ``and'' after the semicol…”