; (2) delivering the necessary measurement methods, standards and related services required to impart confidence in emerging engineering biology capabilities; and (3) developing and evaluating computation tools in order to develop and deploy predictive models that will ink biological blueprints with biological outcomes. 310. International standards development (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Widespread use of standards facilitates technology advancement by defining and establishing common foundations for product differentiation, technological innovation, and other value-added services. (2) Standards also promote an expanded, more interoperable, and efficient marketplace. (3) Global cooperation and coordination on standards for emerging technologies will be critical for having a consistent set of rules to enable market competition, preclude barriers to trade, and allow innovation to flourish. (4) United States position on standardization in emerging technologies will be critical to United States economic competitiveness. (5) NIST is in a unique position to strengthen United States leadership in standards development, particularly for emerging technologies, to ensure continuing United States economic competitiveness and national security. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) while United States experts have historically been leaders in international standards development activities, there is concern that the United States is losing its edge; (2) strengthening the unique United States public-private partnerships approach to standards development is critical to United States economic competitiveness