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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2122 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt |
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| 6 | 6 | | binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through |
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| 7 | 7 | | the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application |
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| 8 | 8 | | of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, |
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| 9 | 9 | | and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mrs. F |
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| 13 | 13 | | OUSHEE(for herself and Mr. MILLERof Ohio) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra- |
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| 15 | 15 | | structure |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, |
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| 18 | 18 | | concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production |
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| 19 | 19 | | in the United States through the research, development, |
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| 20 | 20 | | demonstration, and commercial application of tech- |
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| 21 | 21 | | nologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, as- |
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| 22 | 22 | | phalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for |
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| 23 | 23 | | other purposes. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IMPACT Act 2.0’’. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ERFORMANCE-BASEDLOW-EMISSIONSTRANS-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | PORTATIONMATERIALSGRANTS.— 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) P |
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| 36 | 36 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | is to encourage States to improve State-level cement, 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture speci-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | fications and standards to facilitate the purchase of 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | asphalt mixtures. 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) E |
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| 43 | 43 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Federal Highway Administration (referred to in 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall provide to 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | States— 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) reimbursement for the additional cost 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of using low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | binder, and asphalt mixtures used in highway 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | projects of the State; 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) incentives for the acquisition of low- 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | asphalt mixtures for use in highway projects of 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the State; 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (C) technical assistance to update the spec-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ifications and standards of the State to be per-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | formance-based specifications and standards; 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | and 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (D) technical assistance to benchmark and 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | quantify embodied greenhouse gas emissions. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) R |
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| 65 | 65 | | EIMBURSEMENT AND INCENTIVE 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | AMOUNTS.— 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) R |
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| 68 | 68 | | EIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT .—The 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | amount of reimbursement under paragraph 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (2)(A) shall be equal to the incrementally high-7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | er cost of using such materials relative to the 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | cost of using traditional materials, as deter-9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | mined by the State and verified by the Adminis-10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | trator. 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) I |
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| 76 | 76 | | NCENTIVE AMOUNT .—The amount of 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | an incentive under paragraph (2)(B) shall be 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | equal to 2 percent of the cost of using low-emis-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | sions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and as-15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | phalt mixtures on a highway project of the 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | State. 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (C) L |
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| 83 | 83 | | IMITATION.—Amounts provided for 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | reimbursement and incentives under this sub-19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | section may not exceed the amount authorized 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | to be appropriated under paragraph (6). 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (4) E |
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| 88 | 88 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive re-22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | imbursement or incentives under this subsection, a 23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | State shall have in effect, as appropriate, special 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | provisions, specifications, or standards, such as engi-25 |
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| 95 | 95 | | neering performance standards, or a collection of 1 |
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| 96 | 96 | | embodied greenhouse gas emissions reporting tools, 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | such as environmental product declarations, that fa-3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | cilitate the purchase of low-emissions cement, con-4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | crete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures. 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (5) C |
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| 101 | 101 | | OORDINATION.—In carrying out this sub-6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | section, the Administrator shall leverage the Every 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Day Counts Initiative of the Department of Trans-8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | portation to promote the commercialization of low- 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and as-10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | phalt mixtures. 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (6) A |
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| 108 | 108 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | retary to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for 14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (b) D |
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| 113 | 113 | | IRECTORY OFLOW-EMISSIONCEMENT, CON-16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | CRETE, ASPHALTBINDER, ORASPHALTMIXTURES.— 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (1) I |
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| 116 | 116 | | N GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tablish and maintain a publicly available directory of 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | asphalt mixtures submitted by States that the Ad-21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ministrator determines to be eligible for reimburse-22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ment or incentives under subsection (a). 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (2) S |
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| 123 | 123 | | UBMISSION AND APPROVAL .— 24 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | days after the date of enactment of this Act, 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the Administrator shall establish a procedure 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | under which States may submit new low-emis-4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | sions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | phalt mixtures to be included in the directory 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | under paragraph (1). 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (B) S |
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| 135 | 135 | | UBMISSION.—To be considered for 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | inclusion in the directory under paragraph (1), 9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | a State shall submit an application relating to 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | binder, or asphalt mixture to the Administrator 12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | at such time, in such manner, and containing 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | such information as the Administrator deter-14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | mines to be necessary. 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (C) D |
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| 144 | 144 | | ECISION DEADLINE.—Not later than 16 |
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| 145 | 145 | | 180 days after the date on which the Adminis-17 |
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| 146 | 146 | | trator receives an application under subpara-18 |
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| 147 | 147 | | graph (B), the Administrator shall— 19 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (i) approve the application and include 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | binder, or asphalt mixture in the directory 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | under paragraph (1); or 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (ii) deny the application. 24 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (D) WRITTEN REASONS FOR DENIAL .—If 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | the Administrator denies an application under 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | paragraph (C)(ii), the Administrator shall pro-3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | vide the State a written explanation for the de-4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | nial. 5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (3) P |
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| 162 | 162 | | ROJECT SELECTION .—Low-emissions ce-6 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures 7 |
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| 164 | 164 | | approved under paragraph (2)(C)(i) and included in 8 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the directory under paragraph (1) may be used in 9 |
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| 166 | 166 | | any highway project. 10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | SEC. 3. ADVANCE PURCHASE COMMITMENT PROGRAM. 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (a) P |
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| 169 | 169 | | URPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 12 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (1) to allow States to purchase or contractually 13 |
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| 171 | 171 | | guarantee the direct purchase of conforming low- 14 |
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| 172 | 172 | | emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-15 |
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| 173 | 173 | | phalt mixtures; and 16 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (2) to encourage continuous innovation and 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | long-term emissions reductions in the production of 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | concrete, cement, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | tures. 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (b) E |
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| 179 | 179 | | LIGIBLEPROJECTS.—Section 133 of title 23, 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | United States Code, is amended— 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | following: 24 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(25) A project that includes the use of innova-1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | tive, domestically produced cement, concrete, asphalt 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | mixture, or asphalt binder manufactured using a 3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | process described in subsection (l). 4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(26) Subject to subsection (m), a project that 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | is carried out through an advance multiyear contract 6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | with a producer for a specified quantity and speci-7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | fied price of innovative, domestically produced ce-8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ment, concrete, asphalt mixture, or asphalt binder 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | manufactured using a process described in sub-10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | section (l).’’; and 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(l) R |
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| 199 | 199 | | EQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAINPROJECTS.—The 13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | process referred to in paragraphs (25) and (26) of sub-14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | section (b) is a manufacturing process that— 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(1) produces materials with— 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(A) superior durability to conventional 17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | materials; and 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(B) superior performance with respect 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | to— 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(i) compressive strength; 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(ii) tensile strength; or 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(iii) workability; or 23 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(2) produces materials that meet the engineer-1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ing specifications of the State and achieve superior 2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | performance with respect to— 3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(A) environmental performance; or 4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(B) energy efficiency.’’. 5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (c) S |
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| 219 | 219 | | TATEFLEXIBILITY.—Section 133(h)(6) of title 6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the following: 8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(D) P |
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| 223 | 223 | | ROCUREMENT FOR INNOVATIVE 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | BUILDING MATERIALS.— 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 226 | 226 | | N GENERAL.—A State may use 11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the funds set aside under this subsection 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | to enter into an advance multi-year con-13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | tract described in subsection (m) for a 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | specified quantity and specified price of in-15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | novative, domestically produced cement, 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | concrete, asphalt mixture, or asphalt bind-17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | er. 18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(ii) U |
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| 235 | 235 | | SE OF FUNDS.—States may not 19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | provide payments to the producer as part 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | of the advance procurement under clause 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (i) unless materials have been delivered ac-22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | cording to contract terms and conditions.’’. 23 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (d) LIMITATION.—Section 133 of title 23, United 1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | following: 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(m) A |
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| 247 | 247 | | DVANCEMULTI-YEARCONTRACTS.—Except 4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | made available under this section may be used for a multi- 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | year contract unless— 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(1) cancellation provisions in the contract do 8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 9 |
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| 253 | 253 | | costs of the producer associated with the production 10 |
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| 254 | 254 | | of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(2) the contract provides that payments to the 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | producer under the contract shall not be made in ad-13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | vance of incurred costs on funded units; 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(3) the contract does not provide for a price 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | adjustment based on a failure to award a follow-on 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | contract; 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(4) the producer submits a statement describ-18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ing the quantity and cost of the cement, concrete, 19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | asphalt mixture, and asphalt binder; 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(5) the producer demonstrates material steps 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | towards commercial production and operational ca-22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | pacity of cement, concrete, asphalt mixture, or as-23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | phalt binder production with respect to logistics, 24 |
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| 268 | 268 | | planned material storage, handling capacities, and 25 |
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| 272 | 272 | | delivery mechanisms, of which failure to demonstrate 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | material progress towards commercial production 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | and operational capacity may result in termination 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | of a portion or all of the advance procurement at the 4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | sole discretion of the State; and 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(6) the contract fulfills, to the maximum ex-6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | tent possible, preference criteria set by the State.’’. 7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (e) L |
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| 280 | 280 | | OW-EMISSIONSCEMENT, CONCRETE, ANDAS-8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | PHALTDEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘low-emissions 9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | cement, concrete, and asphalt’’ means cement, concrete, 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture that reduces, to the 11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | maximum extent practicable, greenhouse gas or directly 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | related pollutant emissions to levels below commercially 13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | available cement, concrete, or asphalt. 14 |
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