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4	4	STSESSION S. 1067
5	5	To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt
6	6	binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through
7	7	the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application
8	8	of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder,
9	9	and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	MARCH13, 2025
12	12	Mr. C
13	13	OONS(for himself, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. PADILLA, and Mr. CASSIDY) intro-
14	14	duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
15	15	mittee on Energy and Natural Resources
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement,
18	18	concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production
19	19	in the United States through the research, development,
20	20	demonstration, and commercial application of tech-
21	21	nologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, as-
22	22	phalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for
23	23	other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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29	29	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
30	30	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Concrete and Asphalt 2
31	31	Innovation Act of 2025’’. 3
32	32	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
33	33	Unless otherwise provided, in this Act: 5
34	34	(1) A
35	35	LTERNATIVE FUELS .—The term ‘‘alter-6
36	36	native fuels’’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous ma-7
37	37	terial, or any combination of those materials, used to 8
38	38	replace or supplement any portion of fuels used in 9
39	39	combustion or pyrolysis for the production of low- 10
40	40	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-11
41	41	phalt mixture. 12
42	42	(2) B
43	43	ASELINE EMBODIED GREENHOUSE GAS 13
44	44	EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘baseline embodied green-14
45	45	house gas emissions’’ means the reported industry 15
46	46	averages (using regional averages, if available, and 16
47	47	otherwise using national averages) of embodied 17
48	48	greenhouse gas emissions of cement, concrete, as-18
49	49	phalt binder, or asphalt mixture, as determined by 19
50	50	the Secretary under section 3(h)(1). 20
51	51	(3) C
52	52	OMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE .—The term 21
53	53	‘‘commercially available’’, with respect to cement, 22
54	54	concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture, means 23
55	55	that the cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt 24
56	56	mixture is, or the component materials of cement, 25
57	57	concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture are— 26
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61	61	(A) readily and widely available for public 1
62	62	purchase in the United States; and 2
63	63	(B) produced using a production method 3
64	64	that is widely in use. 4
65	65	(4) D
66	66	EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 5
67	67	means the Department of Energy. 6
68	68	(5) E
69	69	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-7
70	70	ty’’ means— 8
71	71	(A) a Federal entity, including a federally 9
72	72	funded research and development center of the 10
73	73	Department; 11
74	74	(B) a State, territory, or possession of the 12
75	75	United States; 13
76	76	(C) a municipality of a State or equivalent 14
77	77	geographic area in a territory or possession of 15
78	78	the United States; 16
79	79	(D) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 17
80	80	207(m)(1) of title 23, United States Code); 18
81	81	(E) a State energy office (as defined in 19
82	82	section 124(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 20
83	83	(42 U.S.C. 15821(a))); 21
84	84	(F) a State energy financing institution 22
85	85	(as defined in section 1701 of the Energy Pol-23
86	86	icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511)); 24
87	87	(G) an institution of higher education; 25
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91	91	(H) a nonprofit research institution; 1
92	92	(I) a private entity; 2
93	93	(J) any other relevant entity the Secretary 3
94	94	determines to be appropriate; and 4
95	95	(K) a partnership or consortium of 2 or 5
96	96	more entities described in any of subparagraphs 6
97	97	(A) through (J). 7
98	98	(6) E
99	99	MBODIED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .— 8
100	100	The term ‘‘embodied greenhouse gas emissions’’ 9
101	101	means greenhouse gas (as defined in section 901 of 10
102	102	the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 11
103	103	(42 U.S.C. 17321)) emissions, measured in kilo-12
104	104	grams of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions, gen-13
105	105	erated as a result of the production of a material, 14
106	106	including extraction, production, transport, and 15
107	107	manufacturing. 16
108	108	(7) E
109	109	NGINEERING PERFORMANCE STANDARD .— 17
110	110	The term ‘‘engineering performance standard’’ 18
111	111	means a standard in which the requirements are 19
112	112	stated in terms of required results, with criteria for 20
113	113	verifying compliance rather than specific composi-21
114	114	tion, design, or procedure. 22
115	115	(8) E
116	116	NVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARA -23
117	117	TION.—The term ‘‘environmental product declara-24
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121	121	tion’’ means a product-specific type III environ-1
122	122	mental product declaration that— 2
123	123	(A) conforms to ISO Standard 14025; 3
124	124	(B) assesses the embodied greenhouse gas 4
125	125	emissions of the product; 5
126	126	(C) assesses copollutant emissions; and 6
127	127	(D) allows for environmental impact com-7
128	128	parisons between different cements, concretes, 8
129	129	asphalt binders, and asphalt mixtures produced 9
130	130	using the same product category rule. 10
131	131	(9) L
132	132	OW-EMISSIONS CEMENT , CONCRETE, AS-11
133	133	PHALT BINDER, OR ASPHALT MIXTURE .—The term 12
134	134	‘‘low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 13
135	135	asphalt mixture’’ means cement, concrete, asphalt 14
136	136	binder, or asphalt mixture— 15
137	137	(A) that has substantially lower embodied 16
138	138	greenhouse gas emissions and copollutant emis-17
139	139	sions than the baseline embodied greenhouse 18
140	140	gas emissions of the cement, concrete, asphalt 19
141	141	binder, or asphalt mixture, as applicable; and 20
142	142	(B) the substantially lower embodied 21
143	143	greenhouse gas emissions and copollutant emis-22
144	144	sions of which are achieved through any com-23
145	145	bination of— 24
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149	149	(i) production processes using low-car-1
150	150	bon feedstocks; 2
151	151	(ii) higher energy efficiency at the 3
152	152	level of the cement, concrete, asphalt bind-4
153	153	er, or asphalt mixture plant; 5
154	154	(iii) low-carbon fuel substitution at 6
155	155	the level of the cement, concrete, asphalt 7
156	156	binder, or asphalt mixture plant; 8
157	157	(iv) local production of, and use of lo-9
158	158	cally sourced material in, the concrete or 10
159	159	asphalt mixture, resulting in reduced con-11
160	160	crete or asphalt mixture delivery miles and 12
161	161	reduced emissions from transportation; 13
162	162	(v) the reduction of clinker content in 14
163	163	the cement component of concrete or the 15
164	164	substitution of clinker content with less 16
165	165	carbon-intensive alternative materials, such 17
166	166	as slag cement, coal ash, natural 18
167	167	pozzolans, recycled ground-glass pozzolan, 19
168	168	or other supplementary cementitious mate-20
169	169	rial; 21
170	170	(vi) the reduction of petroleum-based 22
171	171	asphalt in the asphalt binder component of 23
172	172	asphalt mixtures, or the substitution of pe-24
173	173	troleum-based asphalt with less carbon-in-25
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177	177	tensive alternative materials such as 1
178	178	biobased binder, recycled material, or other 2
179	179	alternative; 3
180	180	(vii) the reduction of cement in con-4
181	181	crete or asphalt binder in asphalt mixtures 5
182	182	through mixture optimization, including 6
183	183	the use of admixtures; 7
184	184	(viii) the capture, storage, or use of 8
185	185	point source carbon dioxide emissions dur-9
186	186	ing the cement, concrete, or asphalt binder 10
187	187	production process; 11
188	188	(ix) the use and storage of carbon in 12
189	189	concrete or asphalt mixture materials; 13
190	190	(x) the use of noncarbonate feedstocks 14
191	191	at the level of the cement plant; or 15
192	192	(xi) other technologies, practices, or 16
193	193	processes determined by the Secretary. 17
194	194	(10) N
195	195	ATIONAL LABORATORY .—The term ‘‘Na-18
196	196	tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 19
197	197	in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 20
198	198	U.S.C. 15801). 21
199	199	(11) P
200	200	ORTLAND CEMENT .—The term ‘‘portland 22
201	201	cement’’ means any hydraulic cement produced by 23
202	202	pulverizing portland-cement clinker, usually includ-24
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206	206	ing calcium sulfate and other ingredients as identi-1
207	207	fied in specifications. 2
208	208	(12) R
209	209	ELEVANT CENTERS.—The term ‘‘relevant 3
210	210	Centers’’ means— 4
211	211	(A) the Turner-Fairbank Highway Re-5
212	212	search Center; 6
213	213	(B) the William J. Hughes Technical Cen-7
214	214	ter; 8
215	215	(C) the U.S. Army Engineer Research and 9
216	216	Development Center, including the Construction 10
217	217	Engineering Research Laboratory; 11
218	218	(D) the Technical Service Center of the 12
219	219	Bureau of Reclamation; 13
220	220	(E) the National Institute of Standards 14
221	221	and Technology; and 15
222	222	(F) any other center or institute identified 16
223	223	by the Secretary. 17
224	224	(13) S
225	225	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 18
226	226	means the Secretary of Energy. 19
227	227	(14) T
228	228	ASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 20
229	229	means the Interagency Task Force for Concrete and 21
230	230	Asphalt Innovation established under section 7(a). 22
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234	234	SEC. 3. LOW-EMISSIONS CEMENT, CONCRETE, ASPHALT 1
235	235	BINDER, AND ASPHALT MIXTURE PRODUC-2
236	236	TION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 3
237	237	(a) P
238	238	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ad-4
239	239	vance the research and development of innovative tech-5
240	240	nologies aimed at— 6
241	241	(1) achieving significant greenhouse gas emis-7
242	242	sions and copollutant emissions reductions in the 8
243	243	production processes for cement, concrete, asphalt 9
244	244	binder, and asphalt mixture products; 10
245	245	(2) increasing the technological and economic 11
246	246	competitiveness of industry and production in the 12
247	247	United States; 13
248	248	(3) increasing the stability of supply chains 14
249	249	through enhanced domestic production, nearshoring, 15
250	250	and cooperation with allies; and 16
251	251	(4) creating quality domestic jobs. 17
252	252	(b) E
253	253	STABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 18
254	254	180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-19
255	255	retary shall establish a program of research, development, 20
256	256	demonstration, and commercial application of tools, tech-21
257	257	nologies, and methods for the production and use of low- 22
258	258	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt 23
259	259	mixture. 24
260	260	(c) R
261	261	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 25
262	262	established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 26
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266	266	(1) coordinate the activities carried out under 1
267	267	that program with, as applicable— 2
268	268	(A) the activities of the Industrial Effi-3
269	269	ciency and Decarbonization Office of the Office 4
270	270	of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of 5
271	271	the Department, the Advanced Materials and 6
272	272	Manufacturing Technologies Office of the Office 7
273	273	of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of 8
274	274	the Department, the Office of Fossil Energy 9
275	275	and Carbon Management of the Department, 10
276	276	the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply 11
277	277	Chains of the Department, the Building Tech-12
278	278	nologies Office of the Department, the Office of 13
279	279	Clean Energy Demonstrations of the Depart-14
280	280	ment, the Department of Transportation, the 15
281	281	Department of Defense, and the General Serv-16
282	282	ices Administration, including activities carried 17
283	283	out pursuant to a collaborative research and de-18
284	284	velopment partnership described in section 6(a) 19
285	285	of the American Energy Manufacturing Tech-20
286	286	nical Corrections Act (42 U.S.C. 6351(a)); 21
287	287	(B) the activities carried out under sec-22
288	288	tions 454, 455, and 456 of the Energy Inde-23
289	289	pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 24
290	290	17113, 17114, 17115); and 25
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294	294	(C) activities carried out pursuant to the 1
295	295	national plan for smart manufacturing tech-2
296	296	nology development and deployment developed 3
297	297	under section 6006 of the Energy Act of 2020 4
298	298	(42 U.S.C. 17115a); and 5
299	299	(2) conduct research, development, and dem-6
300	300	onstration of technologies for the production and use 7
301	301	of low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 8
302	302	and asphalt mixtures that have the potential to in-9
303	303	crease— 10
304	304	(A) domestic production and use of low- 11
305	305	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and 12
306	306	asphalt mixtures; and 13
307	307	(B) employment in fields relating to that 14
308	308	domestic production and use. 15
309	309	(d) F
310	310	OCUSAREAS.—In carrying out the program es-16
311	311	tablished under subsection (b), the Secretary shall focus 17
312	312	on— 18
313	313	(1) carbon capture and utilization technologies 19
314	314	for cement or asphalt binder production processes, 20
315	315	which may include— 21
316	316	(A) oxycombustion and chemical looping 22
317	317	technologies; 23
318	318	(B) precombustion technologies; 24
319	319	(C) postcombustion technologies; 25
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323	323	(D) direct carbon dioxide separation tech-1
324	324	nologies; 2
325	325	(E) reactive carbon capture technologies; 3
326	326	or 4
327	327	(F) carbon utilization technologies; 5
328	328	(2) alternative materials, technologies, and 6
329	329	processes that— 7
330	330	(A) produce fewer greenhouse gas and co-8
331	331	pollutant emissions during production, use, or 9
332	332	end use of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 10
333	333	asphalt mixtures; and 11
334	334	(B) with respect to quality, durability, and 12
335	335	resilience, provide products that are equivalent 13
336	336	to or better than commercially available prod-14
337	337	ucts; 15
338	338	(3) medium- and high-temperature heat-genera-16
339	339	tion technologies used for production of low-emis-17
340	340	sions cement, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures, 18
341	341	which may include— 19
342	342	(A) alternative fuels; 20
343	343	(B) renewable heat-generation and storage 21
344	344	technology; 22
345	345	(C) electrification of heating processes; 23
346	346	(D) other heat-generation and storage 24
347	347	sources; 25
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351	351	(E) products that enable higher efficiency 1
352	352	of cement, concrete, or asphalt utilization; or 2
353	353	(F) products that have increased durability 3
354	354	and require less frequent replacement; 4
355	355	(4) technologies and practices that minimize en-5
356	356	ergy and natural resource consumption, which may 6
357	357	include— 7
358	358	(A) designing products that enable reuse, 8
359	359	refurbishment, remanufacturing, or recycling; 9
360	360	(B) minimizing waste, including waste 10
361	361	heat, from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 11
362	362	and asphalt mixture production processes, in-12
363	363	cluding through the reuse of waste as a re-13
364	364	source in other industrial processes for mutual 14
365	365	benefit; 15
366	366	(C) increasing resource efficiency; or 16
367	367	(D) increasing the energy efficiency of ce-17
368	368	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mix-18
369	369	ture production processes; 19
370	370	(5) technologies and approaches to reduce co-20
371	371	pollutants from the production of cement, concrete, 21
372	372	asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures, including— 22
373	373	(A) sulfur dioxide; 23
374	374	(B) nitrogen oxide; 24
375	375	(C) particulate matter; 25
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379	379	(D) carbon monoxide emissions; and 1
380	380	(E) a hazardous air pollutant (as defined 2
381	381	in section 112(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 3
382	382	U.S.C. 7412(a))); 4
383	383	(6) high-performance computing to develop ad-5
384	384	vanced materials and production processes that may 6
385	385	contribute to the focus areas described in para-7
386	386	graphs (1) through (5), including— 8
387	387	(A) modeling, simulation, and optimization 9
388	388	of the design of energy-efficient and sustainable 10
389	389	products; and 11
390	390	(B) the use of digital prototyping and ad-12
391	391	ditive production to enhance product design; 13
392	392	and 14
393	393	(7) technologies that can be retrofitted at ce-15
394	394	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture 16
395	395	plants that represent the most common facility types 17
396	396	in the United States and in other countries. 18
397	397	(e) S
398	398	TRATEGICPLAN.— 19
399	399	(1) I
400	400	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 20
401	401	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-21
402	402	retary shall develop and submit to the Committee on 22
403	403	Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 23
404	404	the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 24
405	405	the House of Representatives a 5-year strategic plan 25
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409	409	identifying research, development, demonstration, 1
410	410	and commercial application goals for the program 2
411	411	established under subsection (b). 3
412	412	(2) C
413	413	ONTENTS.—The strategic plan developed 4
414	414	under paragraph (1) shall— 5
415	415	(A) establish technological and pro-6
416	416	grammatic goals to achieve the requirements 7
417	417	described in subsection (c); 8
418	418	(B) document existing activities of the De-9
419	419	partment and other Federal agencies relating to 10
420	420	low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 11
421	421	or asphalt mixtures; 12
422	422	(C) identify existing programs of the De-13
423	423	partment that— 14
424	424	(i) relate to the production of low- 15
425	425	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 16
426	426	or asphalt mixtures; and 17
427	427	(ii) support, or could support, the re-18
428	428	search, development, demonstration, and 19
429	429	commercial application activities described 20
430	430	in this section, including any demonstra-21
431	431	tion projects carried out under subsection 22
432	432	(f); 23
433	433	(D) to avoid duplication of efforts, incor-24
434	434	porate findings from— 25
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438	438	(i) the document of the Department 1
439	439	entitled ‘‘Industrial Decarbonization Road-2
440	440	map’’, numbered DOE/EE–2635, and 3
441	441	dated September 2022; 4
442	442	(ii) the document of the Department 5
443	443	entitled ‘‘Pathway to Commercial Liftoff: 6
444	444	Low-Carbon Cement’’, and dated Sep-7
445	445	tember 2023; 8
446	446	(iii) the Label Program for Low Em-9
447	447	bodied Carbon Construction Materials of 10
448	448	the Environmental Protection Agency and 11
449	449	any other relevant program of the Environ-12
450	450	mental Protection Agency; and 13
451	451	(iv) the Energy Star program estab-14
452	452	lished by section 324A of the Energy Pol-15
453	453	icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 16
454	454	6294a); 17
455	455	(E) identify any new programs needed to 18
456	456	fully carry out this section; 19
457	457	(F) identify resource needs of the Depart-20
458	458	ment relating to the research, development, and 21
459	459	demonstration of technologies for the produc-22
460	460	tion and use of low-emissions cement, concrete, 23
461	461	asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures; 24
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465	465	(G) identify research areas that the private 1
466	466	sector is unable or unwilling to undertake due 2
467	467	to the cost of, or risks associated with, the re-3
468	468	search; and 4
469	469	(H) identify and engage in opportunities 5
470	470	for the Department, National Laboratories, and 6
471	471	relevant Centers to participate in international 7
472	472	standards setting to enhance United States 8
473	473	manufacturing competitiveness. 9
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475	475	PDATES TO PLAN .—Not less frequently 10
476	476	than once every 2 years, the Secretary shall submit 11
477	477	to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 12
478	478	of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, 13
479	479	and Technology of the House of Representatives an 14
480	480	updated version of the strategic plan developed 15
481	481	under paragraph (1). 16
482	482	(f) D
483	483	EMONSTRATIONINITIATIVE.— 17
484	484	(1) E
485	485	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 18
486	486	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-19
487	487	retary, in consultation with industry partners, insti-20
488	488	tutions of higher education, environmental non-21
489	489	governmental organizations, the Secretary of Trans-22
490	490	portation, the Administrator of General Services, 23
491	491	National Laboratories, and relevant Centers, shall 24
492	492	establish, as part of the program established under 25
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496	496	subsection (b), an initiative (referred to in this sub-1
497	497	section as the ‘‘initiative’’) for the demonstration of 2
498	498	1 or more methods for the production of low-emis-3
499	499	sions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt 4
500	500	mixtures that use either— 5
501	501	(A) a single technology; or 6
502	502	(B) a combination of multiple technologies. 7
503	503	(2) S
504	504	ELECTION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES .— 8
505	505	(A) I
506	506	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall se-9
507	507	lect eligible entities to carry out demonstration 10
508	508	projects under the initiative. 11
509	509	(B) R
510	510	EQUIREMENTS.—In selecting eligible 12
511	511	entities to carry out demonstration projects 13
512	512	under subparagraph (A), the Secretary, to the 14
513	513	maximum extent practicable, shall— 15
514	514	(i) ensure— 16
515	515	(I) regional diversity among the 17
516	516	eligible entities selected, including by 18
517	517	selecting eligible entities located in 19
518	518	rural areas (as defined in section 20
519	519	343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 21
520	520	Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 22
521	521	1991(a))); 23
522	522	(II) technological diversity among 24
523	523	the eligible entities selected; and 25
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527	527	(III) that the projects carried out 1
528	528	by those eligible entities under the ini-2
529	529	tiative expand on the existing tech-3
530	530	nology demonstration programs of the 4
531	531	Department; and 5
532	532	(ii) prioritize the selection of eligible 6
533	533	entities— 7
534	534	(I) based on the extent to which 8
535	535	the projects carried out by the eligible 9
536	536	entities contribute to emissions reduc-10
537	537	tions; and 11
538	538	(II) that will carry out projects 12
539	539	that leverage matching funds from 13
540	540	non-Federal sources. 14
541	541	(3) R
542	542	EPORTS.— 15
543	543	(A) I
544	544	N GENERAL.—Not less frequently 16
545	545	than once every 2 years for the duration of the 17
546	546	initiative, the Secretary shall submit to the 18
547	547	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 19
548	548	the Senate and the Committee on Science, 20
549	549	Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-21
550	550	resentatives a report that, for the period cov-22
551	551	ered by the report— 23
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555	555	(i) describes the activities carried out 1
556	556	by the Secretary in support of the initia-2
557	557	tive; 3
558	558	(ii) provides a review of the cost-com-4
559	559	petitiveness and other value streams, the 5
560	560	technology readiness level, and the adop-6
561	561	tion readiness level of each technology 7
562	562	demonstrated under the initiative; 8
563	563	(iii) describes the status and outcomes 9
564	564	of any projects carried out under the ini-10
565	565	tiative; and 11
566	566	(iv) recommends appropriate applica-12
567	567	tion of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 13
568	568	and asphalt mixture materials, in consulta-14
569	569	tion with engineering and design experts 15
570	570	with demonstrated records of utilization of 16
571	571	novel materials in construction. 17
572	572	(B) F
573	573	INAL REPORT.—If the initiative is 18
574	574	terminated, the Secretary shall submit to the 19
575	575	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 20
576	576	the Senate and the Committee on Science, 21
577	577	Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-22
578	578	resentatives a report assessing the success of, 23
579	579	and any education provided by, the demonstra-24
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583	583	tion projects carried out by any recipients of fi-1
584	584	nancial assistance under the initiative. 2
585	585	(4) A
586	586	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 3
587	587	There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-4
588	588	retary to carry out the initiative $200,000,000 for 5
589	589	the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 6
590	590	(5) T
591	591	ERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-7
592	592	nate the initiative if the Secretary determines that 8
593	593	sufficient low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 9
594	594	binder, and asphalt mixtures are commercially avail-10
595	595	able domestically at a price comparable to the price 11
596	596	of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-12
597	597	tures produced through traditional methods of pro-13
598	598	duction. 14
599	599	(g) T
600	600	ECHNICALASSISTANCEPROGRAM.— 15
601	601	(1) I
602	602	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-16
603	603	tion with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-17
604	604	retary of Commerce (acting through the Director of 18
605	605	the National Institute of Standards and Tech-19
606	606	nology), and the Administrator of General Services, 20
607	607	shall provide technical assistance to eligible entities 21
608	608	to carry out an activity described in paragraph (2) 22
609	609	to promote the commercial application of tech-23
610	610	nologies for the production and use of low-emissions 24
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614	614	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mix-1
615	615	tures. 2
616	616	(2) A
617	617	CTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity re-3
618	618	ferred to in paragraph (1) is— 4
619	619	(A) the updating of local codes, specifica-5
620	620	tions, and standards to engineering perform-6
621	621	ance standards; 7
622	622	(B) a lifecycle assessment of the final 8
623	623	product; 9
624	624	(C) an environmental product declaration; 10
625	625	(D) a techno-economic assessment; 11
626	626	(E) an environmental permitting or other 12
627	627	regulatory process; 13
628	628	(F) an evaluation or testing activity; or 14
629	629	(G) any other activity that promotes the 15
630	630	commercial application of technologies devel-16
631	631	oped through the program established under 17
632	632	subsection (b). 18
633	633	(3) A
634	634	PPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall seek 19
635	635	applications for technical assistance under this sub-20
636	636	section— 21
637	637	(A) on a competitive basis; and 22
638	638	(B) on a periodic basis, but not less fre-23
639	639	quently than once every 12 months. 24
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643	643	(4) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary may 1
644	644	designate or establish 1 or more regional centers to 2
645	645	provide technical assistance to eligible entities to 3
646	646	carry out the activities described in paragraph (2). 4
647	647	(h) D
648	648	ETERMINATION OFEMISSIONLEVELS.— 5
649	649	(1) B
650	650	ASELINE EMBODIED GREENHOUSE GAS 6
651	651	EMISSIONS.—The Secretary shall determine current 7
652	652	baseline embodied greenhouse gas emissions of ce-8
653	653	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-9
654	654	tures, including a detailed methodology for deter-10
655	655	mining each of those emissions. 11
656	656	(2) T
657	657	IMELINE FOR REGIONAL -LEVEL EMISSIONS 12
658	658	REDUCTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 13
659	659	of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall deter-14
660	660	mine a timeline for regional-level emissions reduc-15
661	661	tions, to the maximum extent practicable, taking 16
662	662	into consideration— 17
663	663	(A) potential for greenhouse gas emissions 18
664	664	reductions; 19
665	665	(B) feedstock availability; 20
666	666	(C) equipment and skilled workforce avail-21
667	667	ability; 22
668	668	(D) technology and market readiness levels 23
669	669	of low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt bind-24
670	670	er, and asphalt mixture technologies; 25
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674	674	(E) the regulatory and specification land-1
675	675	scape; and 2
676	676	(F) any other factor, as determined by the 3
677	677	Secretary. 4
678	678	(3) C
679	679	ONSULTATION.— 5
680	680	(A) EPA.—In carrying out this subsection, 6
681	681	the Secretary may consult with the Label Pro-7
682	682	gram for Low Embodied Carbon Construction 8
683	683	Materials of the Environmental Protection 9
684	684	Agency and any other relevant program of the 10
685	685	Environmental Protection Agency. 11
686	686	(B) S
687	687	TAKEHOLDERS.—In carrying out this 12
688	688	subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the 13
689	689	following stakeholders, who shall reflect regional 14
690	690	diversity to the maximum extent practicable: 15
691	691	(i) Entities in the cement, concrete, 16
692	692	asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture sec-17
693	693	tors, including— 18
694	694	(I) ready-mix or site-mixed con-19
695	695	crete producers; 20
696	696	(II) precast concrete producers; 21
697	697	(III) portland cement and other 22
698	698	cement producers; 23
699	699	(IV) aggregate producers; 24
700	700	(V) asphalt binder producers; 25
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704	704	(VI) asphalt mixture producers; 1
705	705	(VII) producers of emerging ce-2
706	706	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-3
707	707	phalt mixture solutions; and 4
708	708	(VIII) distributors and users of 5
709	709	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 6
710	710	asphalt mixture production. 7
711	711	(ii) Contracting companies with at 8
712	712	least 1 Federal Government contract 9
713	713	awarded in the preceding 5 years. 10
714	714	(iii) Contracting companies with at 11
715	715	least 1 private sector contract awarded in 12
716	716	the preceding 5 years. 13
717	717	(iv) Experts, including from non-14
718	718	governmental organizations, on the envi-15
719	719	ronmental impact of cement, concrete, as-16
720	720	phalt binder, and asphalt mixture produc-17
721	721	tion in architectural and nonarchitectural 18
722	722	applications, with expertise in— 19
723	723	(I) developing codes, specifica-20
724	724	tions, and standards for cement, con-21
725	725	crete, asphalt binder, and asphalt 22
726	726	mixtures; 23
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730	730	(II) conducting performance tests 1
731	731	on cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 2
732	732	and asphalt mixtures; 3
733	733	(III) working with the National 4
734	734	Institute of Building Sciences; 5
735	735	(IV) working for State depart-6
736	736	ments of transportation from different 7
737	737	regions of the United States; and 8
738	738	(V) developing benchmarks for 9
739	739	embodied greenhouse gas emissions. 10
740	740	(v) Public agencies at the State, coun-11
741	741	ty, and local government. 12
742	742	(vi) Stakeholders in any other relevant 13
743	743	industries, as determined by the Secretary. 14
744	744	(i) M
745	745	ANUFACTURINGUSA INSTITUTES.—In carrying 15
746	746	out this section, the Secretary shall— 16
747	747	(1) support, including through financial assist-17
748	748	ance provided under subsection (e) of section 34 of 18
749	749	the National Institute of Standards and Technology 19
750	750	Act (15 U.S.C. 278s), Manufacturing USA insti-20
751	751	tutes established or supported under section 4(d); 21
752	752	(2) leverage the resources of those Manufac-22
753	753	turing USA institutes; and 23
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757	757	(3) integrate the activities carried out under the 1
758	758	program established under subsection (b) with the 2
759	759	activities of those Manufacturing USA institutes. 3
760	760	(j) O
761	761	THERFEDERALAGENCIES.—In carrying out 4
762	762	this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant 5
763	763	officials at other Federal agencies that are carrying out 6
764	764	research and development initiatives to increase industrial 7
765	765	competitiveness and achieve significant greenhouse gas 8
766	766	emissions reductions in the production of low-emissions ce-9
767	767	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures, in-10
768	768	cluding relevant officials at the Department of Defense, 11
769	769	the Department of Transportation, the General Services 12
770	770	Administration, and the National Institute of Standards 13
771	771	and Technology. 14
772	772	SEC. 4. LOW-EMISSIONS CONCRETE AND LOW-EMISSIONS 15
773	773	ASPHALT MANUFACTURING USA INSTITUTES. 16
774	774	(a) D
775	775	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
776	776	(1) M
777	777	ANUFACTURING USA INSTITUTE .—The 18
778	778	term ‘‘Manufacturing USA institute’’ has the mean-19
779	779	ing given the term in section 34(d) of the National 20
780	780	Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 21
781	781	U.S.C. 278s(d)). 22
782	782	(2) S
783	783	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 23
784	784	the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Di-24
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788	788	rector of the National Institute of Standards and 1
789	789	Technology. 2
790	790	(b) P
791	791	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to sup-3
792	792	port— 4
793	793	(1) the development of standardized testing and 5
794	794	technical validation of low-emissions cement, con-6
795	795	crete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures; 7
796	796	(2) the expansion, reskilling, and upskilling of 8
797	797	the manufacturing workforce to increase employ-9
798	798	ment in fields relating to the domestic production 10
799	799	and use of low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 11
800	800	binder, and asphalt mixtures; and 12
801	801	(3) the quantification of embodied greenhouse 13
802	802	gas emissions to identify low-emissions cement, con-14
803	803	crete, and asphalt materials. 15
804	804	(c) C
805	805	ONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this section, 16
806	806	the Secretary shall consider strategies for— 17
807	807	(1) improving the durability and performance of 18
808	808	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-19
809	809	tures, including low-emissions cement, concrete, as-20
810	810	phalt binder, and asphalt mixtures; 21
811	811	(2) reducing the cost of low-emissions cement, 22
812	812	concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures; 23
813	813	(3) supporting continuous innovation and emis-24
814	814	sions reductions in the production of low-emissions 25
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818	818	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-1
819	819	tures; 2
820	820	(4) increasing employment in fields relating to 3
821	821	the domestic production and use of low-emissions ce-4
822	822	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-5
823	823	tures; and 6
824	824	(5) providing information to satisfy the respon-7
825	825	sibilities of the Task Force. 8
826	826	(d) A
827	827	UTHORITYTOESTABLISH ORSUPPORT THE 9
828	828	E
829	829	STABLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURING USA INSTITUTES 10
830	830	F
831	831	OCUSED ONLOW-EMISSIONSCEMENT ANDCONCRETE 11
832	832	ANDLOW-EMISSIONSASPHALTBINDER AND MIX-12
833	833	TURES.— 13
834	834	(1) I
835	835	N GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (g), 14
836	836	the Secretary may, in consultation with the Sec-15
837	837	retary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, 16
838	838	the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of 17
839	839	the General Services Administration, establish, or 18
840	840	award financial assistance under section 34(e)(1) of 19
841	841	the National Institute of Standards and Technology 20
842	842	Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(1)) to plan, establish, or 21
843	843	support, 2 Manufacturing USA institutes, 1 for low- 22
844	844	emissions cement and concrete and 1 for low-emis-23
845	845	sions asphalt binder and mixtures that— 24
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849	849	(A) establish advanced testing capabilities 1
850	850	for properties of low-emissions cement or con-2
851	851	crete and low-emissions binder or mixtures, re-3
852	852	spectively, produced by an eligible entity; 4
853	853	(B) provide centralized, publicly available 5
854	854	data on the properties of low-emissions cement 6
855	855	or concrete and low-emissions asphalt binder or 7
856	856	mixtures, respectively; 8
857	857	(C) support the development and imple-9
858	858	mentation of education, training, and workforce 10
859	859	recruitment courses, materials, and programs 11
860	860	addressing workforce needs in fields related to 12
861	861	the domestic production and use of low-emis-13
862	862	sions cement or concrete, and low-emissions as-14
863	863	phalt binder or mixtures, respectively, through 15
864	864	training and education programs at all appro-16
865	865	priate education levels; 17
866	866	(D) quantify embodied greenhouse gas 18
867	867	emissions for low-emissions cement, concrete, 19
868	868	asphalt binder, and mixtures; and 20
869	869	(E) provide collected information to the 21
870	870	Task Force. 22
871	871	(2) C
872	872	OORDINATION.—In addition to subpara-23
873	873	graphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1), the Sec-24
874	874	retary shall require the Manufacturing USA insti-25
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878	878	tutes established, planned, or supported under such 1
879	879	paragraph to coordinate with the research program 2
880	880	established under section 3(b) to carry out activities 3
881	881	focused on researching, developing, demonstrating, 4
882	882	and deploying low-emissions cement, concrete, as-5
883	883	phalt binder, and asphalt mixtures. 6
884	884	(3) S
885	885	UPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FOR STATES .— 7
886	886	(A) I
887	887	N GENERAL.—The Manufacturing 8
888	888	USA institutes established, planned, or sup-9
889	889	ported under paragraph (1) shall, pursuant to 10
890	890	a request from a State agency for testing sup-11
891	891	port, guidance, or resources, provide the State 12
892	892	agency with such testing support, guidance, or 13
893	893	resources in the form of technical assistance or 14
894	894	a grant. 15
895	895	(B) C
896	896	ONDITION.—The Secretary shall re-16
897	897	quire, as a condition on the receipt of a grant 17
898	898	under subparagraph (A), that the recipient of 18
899	899	the grant make publicly available all data col-19
900	900	lected by the recipient using amounts from the 20
901	901	grant. 21
902	902	(e) S
903	903	ELECTION OFCEMENT, CONCRETE, ASPHALT 22
904	904	B
905	905	INDER, ORASPHALTMIXTURES FORTESTING.—In se-23
906	906	lecting cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mix-24
907	907	tures from eligible entities for testing by the Manufac-25
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911	911	turing USA institutes established, planned, or supported 1
912	912	under subsection (d)(1), the Manufacturing USA insti-2
913	913	tutes shall— 3
914	914	(1) seek to achieve regional diversity in the ce-4
915	915	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures 5
916	916	from eligible entities selected for testing; 6
917	917	(2) seek to achieve technological diversity in the 7
918	918	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures 8
919	919	from eligible entities selected for testing; 9
920	920	(3) prioritize cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 10
921	921	or asphalt mixtures from eligible entities that lever-11
922	922	age matching funds from non-Federal sources; and 12
923	923	(4) prioritize projects that would have the 13
924	924	greatest reduction in emissions on a lifecycle basis. 14
925	925	(f) A
926	926	LTERNATIVES.—The Secretary may carry out 15
927	927	this section by— 16
928	928	(1) leveraging resources of relevant existing 17
929	929	Manufacturing USA institutes; 18
930	930	(2) leveraging resources of relevant agencies, 19
931	931	such as the Cement and Concrete Center of Excel-20
932	932	lence of the Department of Energy; 21
933	933	(3) integrating program activities into a rel-22
934	934	evant existing Manufacturing USA institute; or 23
935	935	(4) establishing new Manufacturing USA insti-24
936	936	tutes in accordance with subsection (d). 25
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940	940	(g) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this 1
941	941	section using amounts otherwise available to the Sec-2
942	942	retary. 3
943	943	SEC. 5. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. 4
944	944	(a) P
945	945	ERFORMANCE-BASEDLOW-EMISSIONSTRANS-5
946	946	PORTATIONMATERIALSGRANTS.— 6
947	947	(1) P
948	948	URPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 7
949	949	is to encourage States to improve State-level cement, 8
950	950	concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture speci-9
951	951	fications and standards to facilitate the purchase of 10
952	952	low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 11
953	953	asphalt mixtures. 12
954	954	(2) E
955	955	STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of 13
956	956	the Federal Highway Administration (referred to in 14
957	957	this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall provide to 15
958	958	States— 16
959	959	(A) reimbursement for the additional cost 17
960	960	of using low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 18
961	961	binder, and asphalt mixtures used in highway 19
962	962	projects of the State; 20
963	963	(B) incentives for the acquisition of low- 21
964	964	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and 22
965	965	asphalt mixtures for use in highway projects of 23
966	966	the State; 24
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970	970	(C) technical assistance to update the spec-1
971	971	ifications and standards of the State to be per-2
972	972	formance-based specifications and standards; 3
973	973	and 4
974	974	(D) technical assistance to benchmark and 5
975	975	quantify embodied greenhouse gas emissions. 6
976	976	(3) R
977	977	EIMBURSEMENT AND INCENTIVE 7
978	978	AMOUNTS.— 8
979	979	(A) I
980	980	NCREMENTAL AMOUNT .—The amount 9
981	981	of reimbursement under paragraph (2)(A) shall 10
982	982	be equal to the incrementally higher cost of 11
983	983	using such materials relative to the cost of 12
984	984	using traditional materials, as determined by 13
985	985	the State and verified by the Administrator. 14
986	986	(B) I
987	987	NCENTIVE AMOUNT .—The amount of 15
988	988	an incentive under paragraph (2)(B) shall be 16
989	989	equal to 2 percent of the cost of using low-emis-17
990	990	sions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and as-18
991	991	phalt mixtures on a highway project of the 19
992	992	State. 20
993	993	(C) L
994	994	IMITATION.—Amounts provided for 21
995	995	reimbursement and incentives under this sub-22
996	996	section may not exceed the amount authorized 23
997	997	to be appropriated under paragraph (6). 24
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1001	1001	(4) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive re-1
1002	1002	imbursement or incentives under this subsection, a 2
1003	1003	State shall have in effect, as appropriate, special 3
1004	1004	provisions, specifications, or standards, such as engi-4
1005	1005	neering performance standards, or a collection of 5
1006	1006	embodied greenhouse gas emissions reporting tools, 6
1007	1007	such as environmental product declarations, that fa-7
1008	1008	cilitate the purchase of low-emissions cement, con-8
1009	1009	crete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures. 9
1010	1010	(5) C
1011	1011	OORDINATION.—In carrying out this sub-10
1012	1012	section, the Administrator shall leverage the Every 11
1013	1013	Day Counts Initiative of the Department of Trans-12
1014	1014	portation to promote the commercialization of low- 13
1015	1015	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and as-14
1016	1016	phalt mixtures. 15
1017	1017	(6) A
1018	1018	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 16
1019	1019	There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-17
1020	1020	retary to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for 18
1021	1021	the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. 19
1022	1022	(b) D
1023	1023	IRECTORY OFLOW-EMISSIONSCEMENT, CON-20
1024	1024	CRETE, ASPHALTBINDER, ORASPHALTMIXTURES.— 21
1025	1025	(1) I
1026	1026	N GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-22
1027	1027	tablish and maintain a publicly available directory of 23
1028	1028	low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 24
1029	1029	asphalt mixtures submitted by States that the Ad-25
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1033	1033	ministrator determines to be eligible for reimburse-1
1034	1034	ment or incentives under subsection (a). 2
1035	1035	(2) S
1036	1036	UBMISSION AND APPROVAL .— 3
1037	1037	(A) I
1038	1038	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 4
1039	1039	days after the date of enactment of this Act, 5
1040	1040	the Administrator shall establish a procedure 6
1041	1041	under which States may submit new low-emis-7
1042	1042	sions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-8
1043	1043	phalt mixtures to be included in the directory 9
1044	1044	under paragraph (1). 10
1045	1045	(B) S
1046	1046	UBMISSION.—To be considered for 11
1047	1047	inclusion in the directory under paragraph (1), 12
1048	1048	a State shall submit an application relating to 13
1049	1049	the low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 14
1050	1050	binder, or asphalt mixture to the Administrator 15
1051	1051	at such time, in such manner, and containing 16
1052	1052	such information as the Administrator deter-17
1053	1053	mines to be necessary. 18
1054	1054	(C) D
1055	1055	ECISION DEADLINE.—Not later than 19
1056	1056	180 days after the date on which the Adminis-20
1057	1057	trator receives an application under subpara-21
1058	1058	graph (B), the Administrator shall— 22
1059	1059	(i) approve the application and include 23
1060	1060	the low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 24
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1064	1064	binder, or asphalt mixture in the directory 1
1065	1065	under paragraph (1); or 2
1066	1066	(ii) deny the application. 3
1067	1067	(D) W
1068	1068	RITTEN REASONS FOR DENIAL .—If 4
1069	1069	the Administrator denies an application under 5
1070	1070	subparagraph (C)(ii), the Administrator shall 6
1071	1071	provide the State a written explanation for the 7
1072	1072	denial. 8
1073	1073	(3) P
1074	1074	ROJECT SELECTION .—Low-emissions ce-9
1075	1075	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures 10
1076	1076	approved under paragraph (2)(C)(i) and included in 11
1077	1077	the directory under paragraph (1) may be used in 12
1078	1078	any highway project. 13
1079	1079	SEC. 6. ADVANCE PURCHASE COMMITMENT PROGRAM. 14
1080	1080	(a) P
1081	1081	URPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 15
1082	1082	(1) to allow States to purchase or contractually 16
1083	1083	guarantee the direct purchase of conforming low- 17
1084	1084	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-18
1085	1085	phalt mixtures; and 19
1086	1086	(2) to encourage continuous innovation and 20
1087	1087	long-term emissions reductions in the production of 21
1088	1088	concrete, cement, asphalt binder, and asphalt mix-22
1089	1089	tures. 23
1090	1090	(b) E
1091	1091	LIGIBLEPROJECTS.—Section 133 of title 23, 24
1092	1092	United States Code, is amended— 25
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1096	1096	(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 1
1097	1097	following: 2
1098	1098	‘‘(25) A project that includes the use of innova-3
1099	1099	tive, domestically produced cement, concrete, asphalt 4
1100	1100	mixture, or asphalt binder manufactured using a 5
1101	1101	process described in subsection (l)(1). 6
1102	1102	‘‘(26) Subject to subsection (l)(2), a project 7
1103	1103	that is carried out through an advance multiyear 8
1104	1104	contract with a producer for a specified quantity and 9
1105	1105	specified price of innovative, domestically produced 10
1106	1106	cement, concrete, asphalt mixture, or asphalt binder 11
1107	1107	manufactured using a process described in sub-12
1108	1108	section (l)(1).’’; and 13
1109	1109	(2) by adding at the end the following: 14
1110	1110	‘‘(l) R
1111	1111	EQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAINPROJECTS.— 15
1112	1112	‘‘(1) M
1113	1113	ANUFACTURING PROCESS DESCRIBED .— 16
1114	1114	The process referred to in paragraphs (25) and (26) 17
1115	1115	of subsection (b) is a manufacturing process that— 18
1116	1116	‘‘(A) produces materials with— 19
1117	1117	‘‘(i) superior durability to conven-20
1118	1118	tional materials; and 21
1119	1119	‘‘(ii) superior performance with re-22
1120	1120	spect to— 23
1121	1121	‘‘(I) compressive strength; 24
1122	1122	‘‘(II) tensile strength; or 25
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1126	1126	‘‘(III) workability; or 1
1127	1127	‘‘(B) produces materials that meet the en-2
1128	1128	gineering specifications of the State and 3
1129	1129	achieves superior performance with respect to— 4
1130	1130	‘‘(i) environmental performance; or 5
1131	1131	‘‘(ii) energy efficiency. 6
1132	1132	‘‘(2) A
1133	1133	DVANCE MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS .—In 7
1134	1134	the case of an advance multiyear contract described 8
1135	1135	in subsection (b)(26), the contract— 9
1136	1136	‘‘(A) shall not include in the cancellation 10
1137	1137	provisions consideration of recurring manufac-11
1138	1138	turing costs of the producer associated with the 12
1139	1139	production of unfunded units to be delivered 13
1140	1140	under the contract; 14
1141	1141	‘‘(B) shall provide that payments to the 15
1142	1142	producer under the contract are not made in 16
1143	1143	advance of incurred costs on funded units; 17
1144	1144	‘‘(C) shall not include a price adjustment 18
1145	1145	based on a failure to award a follow-on con-19
1146	1146	tract; 20
1147	1147	‘‘(D) shall require that the producer sub-21
1148	1148	mit to the applicable State a statement that de-22
1149	1149	scribes the quantity and cost of the cement, 23
1150	1150	concrete, asphalt mixture, and asphalt binder; 24
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1154	1154	‘‘(E) shall require that the producer shall 1
1155	1155	demonstrate to the applicable State material 2
1156	1156	progress toward commercial production and 3
1157	1157	operational capacity of cement, concrete, as-4
1158	1158	phalt mixture, or asphalt binder production 5
1159	1159	with respect to logistics, planned material stor-6
1160	1160	age, handling capacities, and delivery mecha-7
1161	1161	nisms, and includes termination options in the 8
1162	1162	event of failure to demonstrate such progress; 9
1163	1163	and 10
1164	1164	‘‘(F) shall fulfill the preference criteria set 11
1165	1165	by the applicable State, to the maximum extent 12
1166	1166	practicable.’’. 13
1167	1167	(c) STP S
1168	1168	ET-ASIDE.—Section 133(h)(6) of title 23, 14
1169	1169	United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 15
1170	1170	following: 16
1171	1171	‘‘(D) P
1172	1172	ROCUREMENT FOR INNOVATIVE 17
1173	1173	BUILDING MATERIALS.— 18
1174	1174	‘‘(i) I
1175	1175	N GENERAL.—In carrying out a 19
1176	1176	project under this subsection, a State may 20
1177	1177	use amounts set aside under this sub-21
1178	1178	section to enter into an advance multiyear 22
1179	1179	contract described in subsection (l)(2) for 23
1180	1180	a specified quantity and specified price of 24
1181	1181	innovative, domestically produced cement, 25
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1185	1185	concrete, asphalt mixture, or asphalt bind-1
1186	1186	er. 2
1187	1187	‘‘(ii) R
1188	1188	EQUIREMENT.—A State may 3
1189	1189	not provide payments to a producer under 4
1190	1190	a contract described in clause (i) unless 5
1191	1191	materials have been delivered according to 6
1192	1192	contract terms and conditions.’’. 7
1193	1193	SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE FOR CONCRETE AND 8
1194	1194	ASPHALT INNOVATION. 9
1195	1195	(a) I
1196	1196	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 10
1197	1197	with the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator 11
1198	1198	of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Di-12
1199	1199	rector of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-13
1200	1200	nology, shall establish a task force, to be known as the 14
1201	1201	‘‘Interagency Task Force for Concrete and Asphalt Inno-15
1202	1202	vation’’. 16
1203	1203	(b) O
1204	1204	BJECTIVES.—In carrying out the duties of the 17
1205	1205	Task Force, the Task Force shall consider strategies for— 18
1206	1206	(1) improving the durability and performance of 19
1207	1207	low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or 20
1208	1208	asphalt mixtures; 21
1209	1209	(2) reducing the cost of low-emissions cement, 22
1210	1210	concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures; 23
1211	1211	(3) supporting continuous innovation and emis-24
1212	1212	sions reductions in the production of low-emissions 25
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1216	1216	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mix-1
1217	1217	tures; 2
1218	1218	(4) increasing employment in fields related to 3
1219	1219	the domestic production of low-emissions cement, 4
1220	1220	concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixtures; and 5
1221	1221	(5) ensuring a trained workforce in fields re-6
1222	1222	lated to the domestic production and use of low- 7
1223	1223	emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or as-8
1224	1224	phalt mixtures. 9
1225	1225	(c) C
1226	1226	OMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com-10
1227	1227	posed of 2 members from each of— 11
1228	1228	(1) the Department of Energy; 12
1229	1229	(2) the Department of Transportation; 13
1230	1230	(3) the General Services Administration; 14
1231	1231	(4) the Department of Defense; and 15
1232	1232	(5) the National Institute of Standards and 16
1233	1233	Technology. 17
1234	1234	(d) C
1235	1235	ONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties of 18
1236	1236	the Task Force, the Secretary shall consult with the fol-19
1237	1237	lowing stakeholders, who shall reflect regional diversity to 20
1238	1238	the maximum extent practicable: 21
1239	1239	(1) Entities in the cement, concrete, asphalt 22
1240	1240	binder, and asphalt mixture sectors, including— 23
1241	1241	(A) ready-mix or site-mixed concrete pro-24
1242	1242	ducers; 25
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1246	1246	(B) precast concrete producers; 1
1247	1247	(C) portland cement and other cement pro-2
1248	1248	ducers; 3
1249	1249	(D) aggregate producers; 4
1250	1250	(E) asphalt binder producers; 5
1251	1251	(F) asphalt mixture producers; 6
1252	1252	(G) producers of emerging cement, con-7
1253	1253	crete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture solu-8
1254	1254	tions; and 9
1255	1255	(H) distributors and users of cement, con-10
1256	1256	crete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture pro-11
1257	1257	duction. 12
1258	1258	(2) Contracting companies with at least 1 Fed-13
1259	1259	eral Government contract awarded in the preceding 14
1260	1260	5 years. 15
1261	1261	(3) Contracting companies with at least 1 pri-16
1262	1262	vate sector contract awarded in the preceding 5 17
1263	1263	years. 18
1264	1264	(4) Experts, including from nongovernmental 19
1265	1265	organizations, on the environmental impact of ce-20
1266	1266	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture 21
1267	1267	production in architectural and nonarchitectural ap-22
1268	1268	plications, with expertise in— 23
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1272	1272	(A) developing codes, specifications, and 1
1273	1273	standards for cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 2
1274	1274	and asphalt mixtures; 3
1275	1275	(B) conducting performance tests on ce-4
1276	1276	ment, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt 5
1277	1277	mixtures; 6
1278	1278	(C) working with the National Institute of 7
1279	1279	Building Sciences; 8
1280	1280	(D) working for State or local departments 9
1281	1281	of transportation from different regions of the 10
1282	1282	United States; and 11
1283	1283	(E) developing benchmarks for embodied 12
1284	1284	greenhouse gas emissions. 13
1285	1285	(5) Stakeholders in any other relevant indus-14
1286	1286	tries, as determined by the Secretary. 15
1287	1287	(e) R
1288	1288	ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall— 16
1289	1289	(1) provide recommendations to the Secretary 17
1290	1290	on— 18
1291	1291	(A) the use of engineering performance 19
1292	1292	standards for low-emissions cement, concrete, 20
1293	1293	asphalt binder, and asphalt mixtures, including 21
1294	1294	taking into account lessons learned from the re-22
1295	1295	imbursement and incentives provided under sec-23
1296	1296	tion 5(a)(2); 24
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1300	1300	(B) creating guidelines and best practices 1
1301	1301	for the testing and evaluation of low-emissions 2
1302	1302	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt 3
1303	1303	mixtures, including taking into account lessons 4
1304	1304	learned from the Manufacturing USA institutes 5
1305	1305	planned, established, or supported under section 6
1306	1306	4(d); 7
1307	1307	(C) improving the product category rules 8
1308	1308	governing the creation of relevant environ-9
1309	1309	mental product declarations for low-emissions 10
1310	1310	cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt 11
1311	1311	mixture, including— 12
1312	1312	(i) taking into account lessons learned 13
1313	1313	from the technical assistance program es-14
1314	1314	tablished under section 3(g); and 15
1315	1315	(ii) coordinating with the Label Pro-16
1316	1316	gram for Low Embodied Carbon Construc-17
1317	1317	tion Materials of the Environmental Pro-18
1318	1318	tection Agency and any other relevant pro-19
1319	1319	gram of the Environmental Protection 20
1320	1320	Agency; and 21
1321	1321	(D) incentives that would encourage the 22
1322	1322	use of low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt 23
1323	1323	binder, and asphalt mixtures; 24
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1327	1327	(2) coordinate meetings and facilitate discus-1
1328	1328	sions through forums such as roundtables, work-2
1329	1329	shops, or conferences to inform the recommenda-3
1330	1330	tions provided under paragraph (1); and 4
1331	1331	(3) host briefings and provide updates to— 5
1332	1332	(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 6
1333	1333	Resources of the Senate; and 7
1334	1334	(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 8
1335	1335	Technology of the House of Representatives. 9
1336	1336	(f) R
1337	1337	EPORT.—Once every 2 years, the Secretary, in 10
1338	1338	consultation with the Task Force, shall submit to Con-11
1339	1339	gress a report that describes— 12
1340	1340	(1)(A) each of the recommendations made 13
1341	1341	under subsection (e)(1); and 14
1342	1342	(B) the response of the Secretary to each of 15
1343	1343	those recommendations, including how best to imple-16
1344	1344	ment each recommendation; 17
1345	1345	(2) the determinations made by the Secretary 18
1346	1346	under section 3(h)(1); 19
1347	1347	(3) changes to State and local codes and speci-20
1348	1348	fications facilitated by the Task Force during the 21
1349	1349	period covered by the report; and 22
1350	1350	(4) meetings with cement, concrete, asphalt 23
1351	1351	binder, and asphalt mixture producers, contractors, 24
1352	1352	engineers, academics, State and local government of-25
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1356	1356	ficials, or any other relevant stakeholders coordi-1
1357	1357	nated by the Task Force during the period covered 2
1358	1358	by the report. 3
1359	1359	(g) T
1360	1360	ERMINATION.—The Secretary may terminate 4
1361	1361	the Task Force if the Secretary determines that sufficient 5
1362	1362	low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and as-6
1363	1363	phalt mixtures are commercially available domestically at 7
1364	1364	a price comparable to the price of cement, concrete, as-8
1365	1365	phalt binder, and asphalt mixtures produced through tra-9
1366	1366	ditional methods of production. 10
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