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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 1534
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American industry through
	6	+	the research and development of advanced technologies to improve the
	7	+	efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt production, and for other
	8	+	purposes.
	9	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	10	+	FEBRUARY24, 2025
	11	+	Mr. M
	12	+	ILLERof Ohio (for himself and Mrs. FOUSHEE) introduced the following
	13	+	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
	14	+	A BILL
5	15		To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American
6	16		industry through the research and development of ad-
7	17		vanced technologies to improve the efficiency of cement,
8	18		concrete, and asphalt production, and for other purposes.
9	19		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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12		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovative Mitigation 2
14		-	Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act’’ 3
15		-	or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’. 4
16		-	SEC. 2. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 5
17		-	PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 6
	20	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	21	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	22	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovative Mitigation 4
	23	+	Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act’’ 5
	24	+	or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’. 6
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	28	+	SEC. 2. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 1
	29	+	PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 2
18	30		(a) P
19		-	ROGRAM.—Part I of subtitle C of title V of divi-7
20		-	sion D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 8
21		-	(Public Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end 9
22		-	the following new section: 10
23		-	‘‘SEC. 40523. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND AS-11
24		-	PHALT PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 12
	31	+	ROGRAM.—Part I of subtitle C of title V of divi-3
	32	+	sion D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 4
	33	+	(Public Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end 5
	34	+	the following new section: 6
	35	+	‘‘SEC. 40523. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND AS-7
	36	+	PHALT PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 8
25	37		‘‘(a) D
26		-	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
	38	+	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
27	39		‘‘(1) A
28		-	DVANCED PRODUCTION .—The term ‘ad-14
29		-	vanced production’ means production of cement, 15
30		-	concrete, or asphalt with one or more of the fol-16
31		-	lowing improvements with respect to the production 17
32		-	of commercially available cement, concrete, or as-18
33		-	phalt: 19
34		-	‘‘(A) Improved cost-effectiveness. 20
35		-	‘‘(B) Improved quality, durability, engi-21
36		-	neering performance, and resilience. 22
37		-	‘‘(C) Improved efficiency of resource con-23
38		-	sumption and material demand. 24
	40	+	DVANCED PRODUCTION .—The term ‘ad-10
	41	+	vanced production’ means production of cement, 11
	42	+	concrete, or asphalt with one or more of the fol-12
	43	+	lowing improvements with respect to the production 13
	44	+	of commercially available cement, concrete, or as-14
	45	+	phalt: 15
	46	+	‘‘(A) Improved cost-effectiveness. 16
	47	+	‘‘(B) Improved quality, durability, engi-17
	48	+	neering performance, and resilience. 18
	49	+	‘‘(C) Improved efficiency of resource con-19
	50	+	sumption and material demand. 20
39	51		‘‘(2) A
40		-	LTERNATIVE FUELS .—The term ‘alter-25
41		-	native fuels’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous ma-26 3
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43		-	terials, or a combination thereof, used to replace or 1
44		-	supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion 2
45		-	or pyrolysis for low-emissions cement, concrete, or 3
46		-	asphalt. 4
47		-	‘‘(3) C
48		-	OMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE .—The term 5
49		-	‘commercially available’, with respect to cement, con-6
50		-	crete, and asphalt, means that the cement, concrete, 7
51		-	or asphalt is— 8
52		-	‘‘(A) readily and widely available for pur-9
53		-	chase in the United States; and 10
54		-	‘‘(B) produced using a production method 11
55		-	of cement, concrete, or asphalt products, as ap-12
56		-	plicable, that is widely in use. 13
	52	+	LTERNATIVE FUELS .—The term ‘alter-21
	53	+	native fuels’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous ma-22
	54	+	terials, or a combination thereof, used to replace or 23
	55	+	supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion 24
	56	+	or pyrolysis for low-emissions cement, concrete, or 25
	57	+	asphalt. 26
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	61	+	‘‘(3) COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE .—The term 1
	62	+	‘commercially available’, with respect to cement, con-2
	63	+	crete, and asphalt, means that the cement, concrete, 3
	64	+	or asphalt is— 4
	65	+	‘‘(A) readily and widely available for pur-5
	66	+	chase in the United States; and 6
	67	+	‘‘(B) produced using a production method 7
	68	+	of cement, concrete, or asphalt products, as ap-8
	69	+	plicable, that is widely in use. 9
57	70		‘‘(4) E
58		-	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-14
59		-	tity’ means any of the following: 15
60		-	‘‘(A) An institution of higher education. 16
61		-	‘‘(B) An appropriate State or Federal enti-17
62		-	ty, including a federally funded research and 18
63		-	development center of the Department. 19
64		-	‘‘(C) A nonprofit research institution. 20
65		-	‘‘(D) A private entity. 21
66		-	‘‘(E) Any other relevant entity the Sec-22
67		-	retary determines appropriate. 23 4
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69		-	‘‘(F) A partnership or consortium of two 1
70		-	or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 2
71		-	through (E). 3
	71	+	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-10
	72	+	tity’ means any of the following: 11
	73	+	‘‘(A) An institution of higher education. 12
	74	+	‘‘(B) An appropriate State or Federal enti-13
	75	+	ty, including a federally funded research and 14
	76	+	development center of the Department. 15
	77	+	‘‘(C) A nonprofit research institution. 16
	78	+	‘‘(D) A private entity. 17
	79	+	‘‘(E) Any other relevant entity the Sec-18
	80	+	retary determines appropriate. 19
	81	+	‘‘(F) A partnership or consortium of two 20
	82	+	or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 21
	83	+	through (E). 22
72	84		‘‘(5) E
73		-	NGINEERING PERFORMANCE -BASED 4
74		-	STANDARD.—The term ‘engineering performance- 5
75		-	based standard’ means an existing engineering 6
76		-	standard with respect to which the requirements ap-7
77		-	plicable to such standard are stated in terms of re-8
78		-	quired results, with criteria for verifying compliance 9
79		-	rather than specific composition, design, or proce-10
80		-	dure. 11
	85	+	NGINEERING PERFORMANCE -BASED 23
	86	+	STANDARD.—The term ‘engineering performance- 24
	87	+	based standard’ means an existing engineering 25
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	91	+	standard with respect to which the requirements ap-1
	92	+	plicable to such standard are stated in terms of re-2
	93	+	quired results, with criteria for verifying compliance 3
	94	+	rather than specific composition, design, or proce-4
	95	+	dure. 5
81	96		‘‘(6) I
82		-	NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 12
83		-	The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 13
84		-	meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-14
85		-	er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 15
	97	+	NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 6
	98	+	The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 7
	99	+	meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-8
	100	+	er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 9
86	101		‘‘(7) L
87		-	OW-EMISSIONS CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND 16
88		-	ASPHALT.—The term ‘low-emissions cement, con-17
89		-	crete, and asphalt’ means cement, concrete, asphalt 18
90		-	binder, or asphalt mixture that reduces, to the max-19
91		-	imum extent practicable, greenhouse gas or directly- 20
92		-	related copollutant emissions to levels below commer-21
93		-	cially available cement, concrete, or asphalt. 22
	102	+	OW-EMISSIONS CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND 10
	103	+	ASPHALT.—The term ‘low-emissions cement, con-11
	104	+	crete, and asphalt’ means cement, concrete, asphalt 12
	105	+	binder, or asphalt mixture that reduces, to the max-13
	106	+	imum extent practicable, greenhouse gas or directly- 14
	107	+	related copollutant emissions to levels below commer-15
	108	+	cially available cement, concrete, or asphalt. 16
94	109		‘‘(8) R
95		-	URAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 23
96		-	the meaning given such term in section 343(a) of 24 5
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98		-	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 1
99		-	(7 U.S.C. 1991(a)). 2
	110	+	URAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 17
	111	+	the meaning given such term in section 343(a) of 18
	112	+	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 19
	113	+	(7 U.S.C. 1991(a)). 20
100	114		‘‘(b) E
101		-	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 3
102		-	after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-4
103		-	retary shall establish a program of research, development, 5
104		-	demonstration, and commercial application of advanced 6
105		-	tools, technologies, and methods for advanced production 7
106		-	and use of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt in 8
107		-	order to accomplish the following: 9
108		-	‘‘(1) Increase the technological and economic 10
109		-	competitiveness of industry and production in the 11
110		-	United States. 12
111		-	‘‘(2) Expand and increase the stability of sup-13
112		-	ply chains through enhanced domestic production, 14
113		-	nearshoring, and cooperation with allies. 15
114		-	‘‘(3) Achieve measurable greenhouse gas or di-16
115		-	rectly related copollutant emissions reductions in the 17
116		-	production processes for cement, concrete, and as-18
117		-	phalt products. 19
118		-	‘‘(4) Create quality domestic jobs. 20
	115	+	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 21
	116	+	after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-22
	117	+	retary shall establish a program of research, development, 23
	118	+	demonstration, and commercial application of advanced 24
	119	+	tools, technologies, and methods for advanced production 25
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	123	+	and use of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt in 1
	124	+	order to accomplish the following: 2
	125	+	‘‘(1) Increase the technological and economic 3
	126	+	competitiveness of industry and production in the 4
	127	+	United States. 5
	128	+	‘‘(2) Expand and increase the stability of sup-6
	129	+	ply chains through enhanced domestic production, 7
	130	+	nearshoring, and cooperation with allies. 8
	131	+	‘‘(3) Achieve measurable greenhouse gas or di-9
	132	+	rectly related copollutant emissions reductions in the 10
	133	+	production processes for cement, concrete, and as-11
	134	+	phalt products. 12
	135	+	‘‘(4) Create quality domestic jobs. 13
119	136		‘‘(c) R
120		-	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 21
121		-	under subsection (b), the Secretary shall carry out the fol-22
122		-	lowing: 23
123		-	‘‘(1) Coordinate with the programs and activi-24
124		-	ties authorized under title VI of division Z of the 25 6
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126		-	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (relating to 1
127		-	industrial and manufacturing technologies) and the 2
128		-	amendments made by such title. 3
129		-	‘‘(2) Coordinate across all relevant program of-4
130		-	fices of the Department, including the Office of 5
131		-	Science, the Advanced Research Projects Agency- 6
132		-	Energy, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, 7
133		-	the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-8
134		-	ergy, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of In-9
135		-	dustrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, the Office 10
136		-	of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, and 11
137		-	the Office of Nuclear Energy. 12
138		-	‘‘(3) Leverage, to the extent practicable, the re-13
139		-	search infrastructure of the Department, including 14
140		-	scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light 15
141		-	sources, neutron scattering facilities, and nanoscale 16
142		-	science research centers. 17
143		-	‘‘(4) Conduct research, development, dem-18
144		-	onstration, and commercial application of the ad-19
145		-	vanced production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 20
146		-	and asphalt that have the potential to increase do-21
147		-	mestic production and employment in both advanced 22
148		-	and commercially available processes. 23
	137	+	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 14
	138	+	under subsection (b), the Secretary shall carry out the fol-15
	139	+	lowing: 16
	140	+	‘‘(1) Coordinate with the programs and activi-17
	141	+	ties authorized under title VI of division Z of the 18
	142	+	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (relating to 19
	143	+	industrial and manufacturing technologies) and the 20
	144	+	amendments made by such title. 21
	145	+	‘‘(2) Coordinate across all relevant program of-22
	146	+	fices of the Department, including the Office of 23
	147	+	Science, the Advanced Research Projects Agency- 24
	148	+	Energy, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, 25
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	152	+	the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-1
	153	+	ergy, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of In-2
	154	+	dustrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, the Office 3
	155	+	of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, and 4
	156	+	the Office of Nuclear Energy. 5
	157	+	‘‘(3) Leverage, to the extent practicable, the re-6
	158	+	search infrastructure of the Department, including 7
	159	+	scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light 8
	160	+	sources, neutron scattering facilities, and nanoscale 9
	161	+	science research centers. 10
	162	+	‘‘(4) Conduct research, development, dem-11
	163	+	onstration, and commercial application of the ad-12
	164	+	vanced production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 13
	165	+	and asphalt that have the potential to increase do-14
	166	+	mestic production and employment in both advanced 15
	167	+	and commercially available processes. 16
149	168		‘‘(d) S
150		-	TRATEGICPLAN.— 24 7
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152		-	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 1
153		-	after the establishment of the program under sub-2
154		-	section (b), the Secretary shall develop a 5-year stra-3
155		-	tegic plan identifying research, development, dem-4
156		-	onstration, and commercial application goals for 5
157		-	such program. The Secretary shall submit such plan 6
158		-	to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 7
159		-	of the House of Representatives and the Committee 8
160		-	on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 9
	169	+	TRATEGICPLAN.— 17
	170	+	‘‘(1) I
	171	+	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 18
	172	+	after the establishment of the program under sub-19
	173	+	section (b), the Secretary shall develop a 5-year stra-20
	174	+	tegic plan identifying research, development, dem-21
	175	+	onstration, and commercial application goals for 22
	176	+	such program. The Secretary shall submit such plan 23
	177	+	to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 24
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	181	+	of the House of Representatives and the Committee 1
	182	+	on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 2
161	183		‘‘(2) C
162		-	ONTENTS.—The strategic plan under 10
163		-	paragraph (1) shall— 11
164		-	‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 12
165		-	related to the advanced production of low-emis-13
166		-	sions cement, concrete, and asphalt that sup-14
167		-	port the research, development, demonstration, 15
168		-	and commercial application activities described 16
169		-	in this section, and the demonstration projects 17
170		-	under subsection (f); 18
171		-	‘‘(B) establish technological and pro-19
172		-	grammatic goals to achieve the requirements 20
173		-	specified in subsection (c); and 21
174		-	‘‘(C) include timelines for the accomplish-22
175		-	ment of such goals developed under the plan. 23
	184	+	ONTENTS.—The strategic plan under 3
	185	+	paragraph (1) shall— 4
	186	+	‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 5
	187	+	related to the advanced production of low-emis-6
	188	+	sions cement, concrete, and asphalt that sup-7
	189	+	port the research, development, demonstration, 8
	190	+	and commercial application activities described 9
	191	+	in this section, and the demonstration projects 10
	192	+	under subsection (f); 11
	193	+	‘‘(B) establish technological and pro-12
	194	+	grammatic goals to achieve the requirements 13
	195	+	specified in subsection (c); and 14
	196	+	‘‘(C) include timelines for the accomplish-15
	197	+	ment of such goals developed under the plan. 16
176	198		‘‘(3) U
177		-	PDATES TO PLAN.—Not less than once 24
178		-	every two years, the Secretary shall submit to the 25 8
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180		-	Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 1
181		-	House of Representatives and the Committee on En-2
182		-	ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate an up-3
183		-	dated version of the strategic plan under paragraph 4
184		-	(1). 5
185		-	‘‘(e) F
186		-	OCUSAREAS.—In carrying out the program 6
187		-	under subsection (b), the Secretary shall focus on the fol-7
188		-	lowing: 8
189		-	‘‘(1) Carbon capture technologies for low-emis-9
190		-	sions cement, concrete, and asphalt production proc-10
191		-	esses, which may include the following: 11
192		-	‘‘(A) Oxycombustion and chemical looping 12
193		-	technologies. 13
194		-	‘‘(B) Precombustion technologies. 14
195		-	‘‘(C) Post combustion technologies. 15
196		-	‘‘(D) Direct carbon dioxide separation 16
197		-	technologies. 17
198		-	‘‘(2) Materials, technologies, inputs, and proc-18
199		-	esses that— 19
200		-	‘‘(A) produce fewer greenhouse gas or di-20
201		-	rectly related copollutant emissions during pro-21
202		-	duction, use, and end use of cement, concrete, 22
203		-	and asphalt; or 23
204		-	‘‘(B) provide quality, durability, resilience, 24
205		-	engineering, or other performance metrics equal 25 9
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207		-	to or greater than commercially available prod-1
208		-	ucts. 2
209		-	‘‘(3) Medium- and high-temperature heat-gen-3
210		-	eration technologies used for the advanced produc-4
211		-	tion of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt, 5
212		-	which may include the following: 6
213		-	‘‘(A) Alternative fuels. 7
214		-	‘‘(B) Renewable heat-generation and stor-8
215		-	age technology. 9
216		-	‘‘(C) Electrification of heating processes. 10
217		-	‘‘(D) Other clean heat-generation tech-11
218		-	nologies and sources. 12
219		-	‘‘(4) Technologies and practices that increase 13
220		-	the efficiency of energy use, natural resource con-14
221		-	sumption, or material demand, which may include 15
222		-	the following: 16
223		-	‘‘(A) Designing products that encourage 17
224		-	reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and re-18
225		-	cycling. 19
226		-	‘‘(B) Minimizing waste, including waste 20
227		-	heat, from low-emissions cement, concrete, and 21
228		-	asphalt production processes, including through 22
229		-	the reuse of waste as a resource in other indus-23
230		-	trial processes for mutual benefit. 24 10
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232		-	‘‘(C) Increasing the overall energy effi-1
233		-	ciency of low-emissions cement, concrete, and 2
234		-	asphalt production processes, including through 3
235		-	life cycle assessments. 4
236		-	‘‘(5) Technologies and approaches to reduce 5
237		-	greenhouse gas or directly related copollutant emis-6
238		-	sions from the advanced production of cement, con-7
239		-	crete, and asphalt. 8
240		-	‘‘(6) High-performance computing to develop 9
241		-	advanced materials and production processes that 10
242		-	may contribute to the focus areas described in para-11
243		-	graphs (1) through (5), including the following: 12
244		-	‘‘(A) Modeling, simulation, and optimiza-13
245		-	tion of the design of cost-effective and energy- 14
246		-	efficient products and processes. 15
247		-	‘‘(B) The use of digital prototyping and 16
248		-	additive production to enhance product design. 17
249		-	‘‘(7) Advanced sensor technologies and methods 18
250		-	to monitor and quantify the performance of low- 19
251		-	emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt materials at 20
252		-	scale and under a variety of conditions. 21
253		-	‘‘(8) Technologies that can be retrofitted at ce-22
254		-	ment, concrete, and asphalt plants that represent 23
255		-	the most common facility types in the United States 24 11
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257		-	and in other countries, with consideration for field 1
258		-	validation of such retrofits. 2
259		-	‘‘(9) Best practices for data standardization 3
260		-	and data sharing tools and technologies, in coordina-4
261		-	tion with relevant Federal agencies. 5
262		-	‘‘(10) Fundamental research in chemistry and 6
263		-	materials science to identify the following: 7
264		-	‘‘(A) Novel materials and alternative do-8
265		-	mestic feedstocks and processing operations for 9
266		-	the advanced production of low-emissions ce-10
267		-	ment, concrete, and asphalt. 11
268		-	‘‘(B) Improved understanding by eligible 12
269		-	entities of the mechanisms that determine the 13
270		-	performance and durability of low-emissions ce-14
271		-	ment, concrete, and asphalt over time. 15
	199	+	PDATES TO PLAN.—Not less than once 17
	200	+	every two years, the Secretary shall submit to the 18
	201	+	Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 19
	202	+	House of Representatives and the Committee on En-20
	203	+	ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate an up-21
	204	+	dated version of the strategic plan under paragraph 22
	205	+	(1). 23
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	209	+	‘‘(e) FOCUSAREAS.—In carrying out the program 1
	210	+	under subsection (b), the Secretary shall focus on the fol-2
	211	+	lowing: 3
	212	+	‘‘(1) Carbon capture technologies for low-emis-4
	213	+	sions cement, concrete, and asphalt production proc-5
	214	+	esses, which may include the following: 6
	215	+	‘‘(A) Oxycombustion and chemical looping 7
	216	+	technologies. 8
	217	+	‘‘(B) Precombustion technologies. 9
	218	+	‘‘(C) Post combustion technologies. 10
	219	+	‘‘(D) Direct carbon dioxide separation 11
	220	+	technologies. 12
	221	+	‘‘(2) Materials, technologies, inputs, and proc-13
	222	+	esses that— 14
	223	+	‘‘(A) produce fewer greenhouse gas or di-15
	224	+	rectly related copollutant emissions during pro-16
	225	+	duction, use, and end use of cement, concrete, 17
	226	+	and asphalt; or 18
	227	+	‘‘(B) provide quality, durability, resilience, 19
	228	+	engineering, or other performance metrics equal 20
	229	+	to or greater than commercially available prod-21
	230	+	ucts. 22
	231	+	‘‘(3) Medium- and high-temperature heat-gen-23
	232	+	eration technologies used for the advanced produc-24
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	235	+	•HR 1534 IH
	236	+	tion of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt, 1
	237	+	which may include the following: 2
	238	+	‘‘(A) Alternative fuels. 3
	239	+	‘‘(B) Renewable heat-generation and stor-4
	240	+	age technology. 5
	241	+	‘‘(C) Electrification of heating processes. 6
	242	+	‘‘(D) Other clean heat-generation tech-7
	243	+	nologies and sources. 8
	244	+	‘‘(4) Technologies and practices that increase 9
	245	+	the efficiency of energy use, natural resource con-10
	246	+	sumption, or material demand, which may include 11
	247	+	the following: 12
	248	+	‘‘(A) Designing products that encourage 13
	249	+	reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and re-14
	250	+	cycling. 15
	251	+	‘‘(B) Minimizing waste, including waste 16
	252	+	heat, from low-emissions cement, concrete, and 17
	253	+	asphalt production processes, including through 18
	254	+	the reuse of waste as a resource in other indus-19
	255	+	trial processes for mutual benefit. 20
	256	+	‘‘(C) Increasing the overall energy effi-21
	257	+	ciency of low-emissions cement, concrete, and 22
	258	+	asphalt production processes, including through 23
	259	+	life cycle assessments. 24
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	263	+	‘‘(5) Technologies and approaches to reduce 1
	264	+	greenhouse gas or directly related copollutant emis-2
	265	+	sions from the advanced production of cement, con-3
	266	+	crete, and asphalt. 4
	267	+	‘‘(6) High-performance computing to develop 5
	268	+	advanced materials and production processes that 6
	269	+	may contribute to the focus areas described in para-7
	270	+	graphs (1) through (5), including the following: 8
	271	+	‘‘(A) Modeling, simulation, and optimiza-9
	272	+	tion of the design of cost-effective and energy- 10
	273	+	efficient products and processes. 11
	274	+	‘‘(B) The use of digital prototyping and 12
	275	+	additive production to enhance product design. 13
	276	+	‘‘(7) Advanced sensor technologies and methods 14
	277	+	to monitor and quantify the performance of low- 15
	278	+	emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt materials at 16
	279	+	scale and under a variety of conditions. 17
	280	+	‘‘(8) Technologies that can be retrofitted at ce-18
	281	+	ment, concrete, and asphalt plants that represent 19
	282	+	the most common facility types in the United States 20
	283	+	and in other countries, with consideration for field 21
	284	+	validation of such retrofits. 22
	285	+	‘‘(9) Best practices for data standardization 23
	286	+	and data sharing tools and technologies, in coordina-24
	287	+	tion with relevant Federal agencies. 25
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	291	+	‘‘(10) Fundamental research in chemistry and 1
	292	+	materials science to identify the following: 2
	293	+	‘‘(A) Novel materials and alternative do-3
	294	+	mestic feedstocks and processing operations for 4
	295	+	the advanced production of low-emissions ce-5
	296	+	ment, concrete, and asphalt. 6
	297	+	‘‘(B) Improved understanding by eligible 7
	298	+	entities of the mechanisms that determine the 8
	299	+	performance and durability of low-emissions ce-9
	300	+	ment, concrete, and asphalt over time. 10
272	301		‘‘(f) D
273		-	EMONSTRATIONS.— 16
	302	+	EMONSTRATIONS.— 11
274	303		‘‘(1) E
275		-	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 17
276		-	days after the date of the enactment of this section, 18
277		-	the Secretary, in carrying out the program under 19
278		-	subsection (b), and in collaboration with the Sec-20
279		-	retary of Transportation, the Administrator of Gen-21
280		-	eral Services, industry partners, institutions of high-22
281		-	er education, and National Laboratories, shall sup-23
282		-	port demonstrations of advanced production of low- 24 12
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284		-	emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt that uses ei-1
285		-	ther— 2
286		-	‘‘(A) a single technology or practice; or 3
287		-	‘‘(B) a combination of multiple tech-4
288		-	nologies or practices. 5
289		-	‘‘(2) S
290		-	ELECTION REQUIREMENTS .—In carrying 6
291		-	out the demonstrations under paragraph (1), the 7
292		-	Secretary shall select eligible entities to carry out 8
293		-	demonstration projects and to the maximum extent 9
294		-	practicable— 10
295		-	‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among 11
296		-	eligible entities, including participation by enti-12
297		-	ties located in rural areas; 13
298		-	‘‘(B) encourage technological diversity 14
299		-	among eligible entities; and 15
300		-	‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects se-16
301		-	lected— 17
302		-	‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 18
303		-	demonstration programs of the Depart-19
304		-	ment; 20
305		-	‘‘(ii) are based on the extent of green-21
306		-	house gas emissions reductions achieved; 22
307		-	and 23
308		-	‘‘(iii) prioritize leveraging matching 24
309		-	funds from non-Federal sources. 25 13
310		-	•HR 1534 EH
311		-	‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to 1
312		-	the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 2
313		-	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 3
314		-	Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate— 4
315		-	‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every 5
316		-	two years for the duration of the demonstra-6
317		-	tions under paragraph (1), a report describing 7
318		-	the performance of such demonstrations; and 8
319		-	‘‘(B) if any such demonstration is termi-9
320		-	nated, an assessment of the success of, and 10
321		-	education provided by, the measures carried out 11
322		-	by such demonstration. 12
	304	+	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 12
	305	+	days after the date of the enactment of this section, 13
	306	+	the Secretary, in carrying out the program under 14
	307	+	subsection (b), and in collaboration with the Sec-15
	308	+	retary of Transportation, the Administrator of Gen-16
	309	+	eral Services, industry partners, institutions of high-17
	310	+	er education, and National Laboratories, shall sup-18
	311	+	port demonstrations of advanced production of low- 19
	312	+	emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt that uses ei-20
	313	+	ther— 21
	314	+	‘‘(A) a single technology or practice; or 22
	315	+	‘‘(B) a combination of multiple tech-23
	316	+	nologies or practices. 24
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	320	+	‘‘(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS .—In carrying 1
	321	+	out the demonstrations under paragraph (1), the 2
	322	+	Secretary shall select eligible entities to carry out 3
	323	+	demonstration projects and to the maximum extent 4
	324	+	practicable— 5
	325	+	‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among 6
	326	+	eligible entities, including participation by enti-7
	327	+	ties located in rural areas; 8
	328	+	‘‘(B) encourage technological diversity 9
	329	+	among eligible entities; and 10
	330	+	‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects se-11
	331	+	lected— 12
	332	+	‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 13
	333	+	demonstration programs of the Depart-14
	334	+	ment; 15
	335	+	‘‘(ii) are based on the extent of green-16
	336	+	house gas emissions reductions achieved; 17
	337	+	and 18
	338	+	‘‘(iii) prioritize leveraging matching 19
	339	+	funds from non-Federal sources. 20
	340	+	‘‘(3) R
	341	+	EPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to 21
	342	+	the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 22
	343	+	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 23
	344	+	Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate— 24
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	347	+	•HR 1534 IH
	348	+	‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every 1
	349	+	two years for the duration of the demonstra-2
	350	+	tions under paragraph (1), a report describing 3
	351	+	the performance of such demonstrations; and 4
	352	+	‘‘(B) if any such demonstration is termi-5
	353	+	nated, an assessment of the success of, and 6
	354	+	education provided by, the measures carried out 7
	355	+	by such demonstration. 8
323	356		‘‘(4) T
324		-	ERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-13
325		-	nate the demonstrations under paragraph (1) if the 14
326		-	Secretary determines that sufficient low-emissions 15
327		-	cement, concrete, and asphalt produced through ad-16
328		-	vanced production are commercially available domes-17
329		-	tically at a price comparable to the price of cement, 18
330		-	concrete, and asphalt produced through traditional 19
331		-	methods of production. 20
	357	+	ERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-9
	358	+	nate the demonstrations under paragraph (1) if the 10
	359	+	Secretary determines that sufficient low-emissions 11
	360	+	cement, concrete, and asphalt produced through ad-12
	361	+	vanced production are commercially available domes-13
	362	+	tically at a price comparable to the price of cement, 14
	363	+	concrete, and asphalt produced through traditional 15
	364	+	methods of production. 16
332	365		‘‘(g) T
333		-	ECHNICALASSISTANCEPROGRAM.— 21
	366	+	ECHNICALASSISTANCEPROGRAM.— 17
334	367		‘‘(1) I
335		-	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-22
336		-	tion with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-23
337		-	retary of Commerce (acting through the Director of 24
338		-	the National Institute of Standards and Tech-25 14
339		-	•HR 1534 EH
340		-	nology), the Administrator of General Services, the 1
341		-	Administrator of the Environmental Protection 2
342		-	Agency, and appropriate representatives of relevant 3
343		-	standards development organizations, shall provide 4
344		-	technical assistance to eligible entities to carry out 5
345		-	an activity described in paragraph (2) to promote 6
346		-	the commercial application of technologies for the 7
347		-	production and use of low-emissions cement, con-8
348		-	crete, and asphalt. 9
	368	+	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-18
	369	+	tion with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-19
	370	+	retary of Commerce (acting through the Director of 20
	371	+	the National Institute of Standards and Tech-21
	372	+	nology), the Administrator of General Services, the 22
	373	+	Administrator of the Environmental Protection 23
	374	+	Agency, and appropriate representatives of relevant 24
	375	+	standards development organizations, shall provide 25
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	378	+	•HR 1534 IH
	379	+	technical assistance to eligible entities to carry out 1
	380	+	an activity described in paragraph (2) to promote 2
	381	+	the commercial application of technologies for the 3
	382	+	production and use of low-emissions cement, con-4
	383	+	crete, and asphalt. 5
349	384		‘‘(2) A
350		-	CTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity re-10
351		-	ferred to in paragraph (1) is any of the following: 11
352		-	‘‘(A) Efforts related to collecting data that 12
353		-	could be used in the updating of local codes, 13
354		-	specifications, and standards to engineering 14
355		-	performance-based standards. 15
356		-	‘‘(B) A lifecycle assessment of the final 16
357		-	product. 17
358		-	‘‘(C) An environmental impact comparison 18
359		-	between different cements, concretes, and as-19
360		-	phalts. 20
361		-	‘‘(D) A techno-economic assessment. 21
362		-	‘‘(E) An environmental permitting or other 22
363		-	regulatory process. 23
364		-	‘‘(F) An evaluation or testing activity. 24 15
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366		-	‘‘(G) Any other activity that promotes the 1
367		-	commercial application of technologies devel-2
368		-	oped through the program under subsection (b). 3
369		-	‘‘(3) A
370		-	PPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall seek 4
371		-	applications for technical assistance under this sub-5
372		-	section— 6
373		-	‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 7
374		-	‘‘(B) on a periodic basis, but not less fre-8
375		-	quently than once every 12 months. 9
	385	+	CTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity re-6
	386	+	ferred to in paragraph (1) is any of the following: 7
	387	+	‘‘(A) Efforts related to collecting data that 8
	388	+	could be used in the updating of local codes, 9
	389	+	specifications, and standards to engineering 10
	390	+	performance-based standards. 11
	391	+	‘‘(B) A lifecycle assessment of the final 12
	392	+	product. 13
	393	+	‘‘(C) An environmental impact comparison 14
	394	+	between different cements, concretes, and as-15
	395	+	phalts. 16
	396	+	‘‘(D) A techno-economic assessment. 17
	397	+	‘‘(E) An environmental permitting or other 18
	398	+	regulatory process. 19
	399	+	‘‘(F) An evaluation or testing activity. 20
	400	+	‘‘(G) Any other activity that promotes the 21
	401	+	commercial application of technologies devel-22
	402	+	oped through the program under subsection (b). 23
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	406	+	‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall seek 1
	407	+	applications for technical assistance under this sub-2
	408	+	section— 3
	409	+	‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 4
	410	+	‘‘(B) on a periodic basis, but not less fre-5
	411	+	quently than once every 12 months. 6
376	412		‘‘(4) R
377		-	EGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary may 10
378		-	designate or establish one or more regional centers 11
379		-	to provide technical assistance to eligible entities to 12
380		-	carry out the activity described in paragraph (2)(A). 13
	413	+	EGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary may 7
	414	+	designate or establish one or more regional centers 8
	415	+	to provide technical assistance to eligible entities to 9
	416	+	carry out the activity described in paragraph (2)(A). 10
381	417		‘‘(h) A
382		-	DDITIONALCOORDINATION.— 14
	418	+	DDITIONALCOORDINATION.— 11
383	419		‘‘(1) M
384		-	ANUFACTURING USA .—In carrying out 15
385		-	this section the Secretary shall consider the fol-16
386		-	lowing: 17
387		-	‘‘(A) Leveraging the resources of relevant 18
388		-	existing Manufacturing USA Institutes de-19
389		-	scribed in section 34(d) of the National Insti-20
390		-	tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 21
391		-	U.S.C. 278s(d)). 22
392		-	‘‘(B) Integrating program activities into a 23
393		-	relevant existing Manufacturing USA Institute. 24 16
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395		-	‘‘(C) Awarding financial assistance, con-1
396		-	sistent with section 34(e) of the National Insti-2
397		-	tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 3
398		-	U.S.C. 278s(e)), to a person or group of per-4
399		-	sons to assist the person or group of persons in 5
400		-	planning, establishing, or supporting a Manu-6
401		-	facturing U.S.A. Institute focused on advanced 7
402		-	production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 8
403		-	and asphalt. 9
	420	+	ANUFACTURING USA .—In carrying out 12
	421	+	this section the Secretary shall consider the fol-13
	422	+	lowing: 14
	423	+	‘‘(A) Leveraging the resources of relevant 15
	424	+	existing Manufacturing USA Institutes de-16
	425	+	scribed in section 34(d) of the National Insti-17
	426	+	tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 18
	427	+	U.S.C. 278s(d)). 19
	428	+	‘‘(B) Integrating program activities into a 20
	429	+	relevant existing Manufacturing USA Institute. 21
	430	+	‘‘(C) Awarding financial assistance, con-22
	431	+	sistent with section 34(e) of the National Insti-23
	432	+	tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 24
	433	+	U.S.C. 278s(e)), to a person or group of per-25
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	436	+	•HR 1534 IH
	437	+	sons to assist the person or group of persons in 1
	438	+	planning, establishing, or supporting a Manu-2
	439	+	facturing U.S.A. Institute focused on advanced 3
	440	+	production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 4
	441	+	and asphalt. 5
404	442		‘‘(2) O
405		-	THER FEDERAL AGENCIES .—In carrying 10
406		-	out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with 11
407		-	other Federal agencies, including the Department of 12
408		-	Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the 13
409		-	National Institute of Standards and Technology, 14
410		-	that are carrying out research and development ini-15
411		-	tiatives to increase industrial competitiveness and 16
412		-	achieve measurable greenhouse gas or directly re-17
413		-	lated copollutant emissions reductions through the 18
414		-	advanced production of cement, concrete, and as-19
415		-	phalt. 20
	443	+	THER FEDERAL AGENCIES .—In carrying 6
	444	+	out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with 7
	445	+	other Federal agencies, including the Department of 8
	446	+	Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the 9
	447	+	National Institute of Standards and Technology, 10
	448	+	that are carrying out research and development ini-11
	449	+	tiatives to increase industrial competitiveness and 12
	450	+	achieve measurable greenhouse gas or directly re-13
	451	+	lated copollutant emissions reductions through the 14
	452	+	advanced production of cement, concrete, and as-15
	453	+	phalt. 16
416	454		‘‘(i) S
417		-	UNSET.—This section shall terminate seven 21
418		-	years after the date of the enactment of this section. 22
	455	+	UNSET.—This section shall terminate seven 17
	456	+	years after the date of the enactment of this section. 18
419	457		‘‘(j) R
420		-	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities author-23
421		-	ized under this section shall be applied in a manner con-24
422		-	sistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and De-25 17
423		-	•HR 1534 EH
424		-	velopment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as 1
425		-	division B of Public Law 117–167 (42 U.S.C. 19231 et 2
426		-	seq.)). 3
427		-	‘‘(k) R
428		-	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-4
429		-	tion may be construed to amend, alter, or affect the au-5
430		-	thorities of the Secretary to define, establish, or enforce 6
431		-	new environmental industry standards for, or related to, 7
432		-	cement, concrete, or asphalt.’’. 8
	458	+	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities author-19
	459	+	ized under this section shall be applied in a manner con-20
	460	+	sistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and De-21
	461	+	velopment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as 22
	462	+	division B of Public Law 117–167 (42 U.S.C. 19231 et 23
	463	+	seq.)). 24
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	467	+	‘‘(k) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-1
	468	+	tion may be construed to amend, alter, or affect the au-2
	469	+	thorities of the Secretary to define, establish, or enforce 3
	470	+	new environmental industry standards for, or related to, 4
	471	+	cement, concrete, or asphalt.’’. 5
433	472		(b) C
434		-	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 9
435		-	in section 1(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 10
436		-	Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-11
437		-	tion 40522 the following new item: 12
	473	+	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 6
	474	+	in section 1(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 7
	475	+	Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-8
	476	+	tion 40522 the following new item: 9
438	477		‘‘Sec. 40523. Advanced cement, concrete, and asphalt production research pro-
439	478		gram.’’.
440		-	Passed the House of Representatives March 25,
441		-	2025.
442		-	Attest:
443		-	Clerk. 119
444		-	TH
445		-	CONGRESS
446		-	1
447		-	ST
448		-	S
449		-	ESSION
450		-
451		-	H. R. 1534
452		-	AN ACT
453		-	To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of
454		-	American industry through the research and de-
455		-	velopment of advanced technologies to improve
456		-	the efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt
457		-	production, and for other purposes.
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