National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 This bill reauthorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through FY2026 and establishes programs and activities. The bill sets forth requirements for supporting basic measurement science, technology research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biometrology; a program to inform the development of standards for the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions; establishing research programs and otherwise carrying out research on identity management, cybersecurity, biometric identification, and communications measurement; assessing and assigning severity metrics to identified vulnerabilities with open source software; carrying out research and testing to improve the effectiveness of artificial intelligence-enabled cybersecurity; a digital identity technical roadmap and digital identity management guidance; a biometrics vendor test program; performance standards and guidelines for high-risk biometric identification systems, including facial recognition systems; making publicly available resources to help qualifying institutions manage and reduce their cybersecurity risk related to co…