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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4559 

To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American manufacturing 

through the research and development of advanced technologies to reduce 

steelmaking emissions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2022 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American 

manufacturing through the research and development of 

advanced technologies to reduce steelmaking emissions, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Steel Upgrading Part5 nerships and Emissions Reduction Act of 2022’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SUPER Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LOW-EMISSIONS STEEL MANUFACTURING RE2 SEARCH PROGRAM. 

3 (a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of title IV of the Energy 

4 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17111 

5 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 454 the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 454A. LOW-EMISSIONS STEEL MANUFACTURING RE8 SEARCH PROGRAM. 

9 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en10 courage the research and development of innovative tech11 nologies aimed at— 

12 ‘‘(1) increasing the technological and economic 

13 competitiveness of industry and manufacturing in 

14 the United States; and 

15 ‘‘(2) achieving significant net nonwater green16 house emissions reductions in the production proc17 esses for iron, steel, and steel mill products. 

18 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE

20 STEELMAKING.—The term ‘commercially available 

21 steelmaking’ means the current production method 

22 of iron, steel, and steel mill products. 

23 ‘‘(2) CRITICAL MATERIAL.—The term ‘critical 

24 material’ has the meaning given such term in section 

25 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606). 


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1 ‘‘(3) CRITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘critical 

2 mineral’ has the meaning given such term in section 

3 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606). 

4 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en5 tity’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 

7 ‘‘(B) an appropriate State or Federal enti8 ty, including a federally funded research and 

9 development center of the Department; 

10 ‘‘(C) a nonprofit research institution; 

11 ‘‘(D) a private entity; 

12 ‘‘(E) any other relevant entity the Sec13 retary determines appropriate; and 

14 ‘‘(F) a partnership or consortium of two or 

15 more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 

16 through (E). 

17 ‘‘(5) LOW-EMISSIONS STEEL MANUFAC18 TURING.—The term ‘low-emissions steel manufac19 turing’ means advanced or commercially available 

20 steelmaking with the reduction, to the maximum ex21 tent practicable, of net nonwater greenhouse gas 

22 emissions to the atmosphere from the production of 

23 iron, steel, and steel mill products. 

24 ‘‘(c) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

25 the date of enactment of the Steel Upgrading Partnerships 


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1 and Emissions Reduction Act of 2022, the Secretary shall 

2 establish a program of research, development, demonstra3 tion, and commercial application of advanced tools, tech4 nologies, and methods for low-emissions steel manufac5 turing. 

6 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 

7 under subsection (c), the Secretary shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) coordinate this program with the programs 

9 and activities authorized in title VI of division Z of 

10 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; 

11 ‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of12 fices of the Department, including the Office of 

13 Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

14 Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy, and the Office 

15 of Nuclear Energy; 

16 ‘‘(3) leverage, to the extent practicable, the re17 search infrastructure of the Department, including 

18 scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light 

19 sources, neutron scattering facilities, and nanoscale 

20 science research centers; and 

21 ‘‘(4) conduct research, development, and dem22 onstration of low-emissions steel manufacturing 

23 technologies that have the potential to increase do24 mestic production and employment in advanced and 

25 commercially available steelmaking. 


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1 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

3 after the date of enactment of the Steel Upgrading 

4 Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act of 2022, 

5 the Secretary shall develop a 5-year strategic plan 

6 identifying research, development, demonstration, 

7 and commercial application goals for the program 

8 established in subsection (c). The Secretary shall 

9 submit this plan to the Committee on Science, 

10 Space, and Technology of the House of Representa11 tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re12 sources of the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan submitted 

14 under paragraph (1) shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 

16 related to low-emissions steel manufacturing 

17 that support the research, development, dem18 onstration, and commercial application activities 

19 described in this section, and the demonstration 

20 projects under subsection (h); 

21 ‘‘(B) establish technological and pro22 grammatic goals to achieve the requirements of 

23 subsection (d); and 

24 ‘‘(C) include timelines for the accomplish25 ment of goals developed under the plan. 


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1 ‘‘(3) UPDATES TO PLAN.—Not less than once 

2 every two years, the Secretary shall submit to the 

3 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Committee on En5 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate an up6 dated version of the plan under paragraph (1). 

7 ‘‘(f) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the program es8 tablished in subsection (c), the Secretary shall focus on— 

9 ‘‘(1) medium- and high-temperature heat gen10 eration technologies used for low-emissions steel 

11 manufacturing, which may include— 

12 ‘‘(A) alternative fuels, including hydrogen 

13 and biomass; 

14 ‘‘(B) alternative reducing agents, including 

15 hydrogen; 

16 ‘‘(C) renewable heat generation technology, 

17 including solar and geothermal; 

18 ‘‘(D) electrification of heating processes, 

19 including through electrolysis; and 

20 ‘‘(E) other heat generation sources; 

21 ‘‘(2) carbon capture technologies for advanced 

22 and commercially available steelmaking processes, 

23 which may include— 

24 ‘‘(A) combustion and chemical looping 

25 technologies; 


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1 ‘‘(B) use of slag to reduce carbon dioxide 

2 emissions; 

3 ‘‘(C) pre-combustion technologies; and 

4 ‘‘(D) post-combustion technologies; 

5 ‘‘(3) smart manufacturing technologies and 

6 principles, digital manufacturing technologies, and 

7 advanced data analytics to develop advanced tech8 nologies and practices in information, automation, 

9 monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and 

10 networking to— 

11 ‘‘(A) model and simulate manufacturing 

12 production lines; 

13 ‘‘(B) monitor and communicate production 

14 line status; and 

15 ‘‘(C) model, simulate, and optimize the en16 ergy efficiency of manufacturing processes; 

17 ‘‘(4) technologies and practices that minimize 

18 energy and natural resource consumption, which 

19 may include— 

20 ‘‘(A) designing products that enable reuse, 

21 refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling; 

22 ‘‘(B) minimizing waste from advanced and 

23 commercially available steelmaking processes, 

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1 sources in other industrial processes for mutual 

2 benefit; 

3 ‘‘(C) increasing resource efficiency; and 

4 ‘‘(D) increasing the energy efficiency of 

5 advanced and commercially available 

6 steelmaking processes; 

7 ‘‘(5) alternative materials and technologies that 

8 produce fewer emissions during production and re9 sult in fewer emissions during use, which may in10 clude— 

11 ‘‘(A) innovative raw materials; 

12 ‘‘(B) high-performance lightweight mate13 rials; 

14 ‘‘(C) substitutions for critical materials 

15 and critical minerals; and 

16 ‘‘(D) other technologies that achieve sig17 nificant carbon emission reductions in low-emis18 sions steel manufacturing, as determined by the 

19 Secretary; and 

20 ‘‘(6) high-performance computing to develop ad21 vanced materials and manufacturing processes con22 tributing to the focus areas described in paragraphs 

23 (1) through (5), including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) modeling, simulation, and optimiza2 tion of the design of energy efficient and sus3 tainable products; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the use of digital prototyping and ad5 ditive manufacturing to enhance product de6 sign. 

7 ‘‘(g) TESTING AND VALIDATION.—The Secretary, in 

8 consultation with the Director of the National Institute 

9 of Standards and Technology, shall support the develop10 ment of standardized testing and technical validation of 

11 advanced and commercially available steelmaking and low12 emissions steel manufacturing through collaboration with 

13 one or more National Laboratories, and one or more eligi14 ble entities. 

15 ‘‘(h) DEMONSTRATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of enactment of the Steel Up18 grading Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act 

19 of 2022, the Secretary, in carrying out the program 

20 established in subsection (c), and in collaboration 

21 with industry partners, institutions of higher edu22 cation, and the National Laboratories, shall support 

23 an initiative for the demonstration of low-emissions 

24 steel manufacturing, as identified by the Secretary, 

25 that uses either— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a single technology; or 

2 ‘‘(B) a combination of multiple tech3 nologies. 

4 ‘‘(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Under the 

5 initiative established under paragraph (1), the Sec6 retary shall select eligible entities to carry out dem7 onstration projects and to the maximum extent prac8 ticable— 

9 ‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among 

10 eligible entities, including participation by rural 

11 States; 

12 ‘‘(B) encourage technological diversity 

13 among eligible entities; and 

14 ‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects se15 lected— 

16 ‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 

17 demonstration programs of the Depart18 ment; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) prioritize projects that leverage 

20 matching funds from non-Federal sources. 

21 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to 

22 the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate— 


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1 ‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every 

2 two years for the duration of the demonstration 

3 initiative under this subsection, a report de4 scribing the performance of the initiative; and 

5 ‘‘(B) if the initiative established under this 

6 subsection is terminated, an assessment of the 

7 success of, and education provided by, the 

8 measures carried out by recipients of financial 

9 assistance under the initiative. 

10 ‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) MANUFACTURING USA.—In carrying out 

12 this section, the Secretary shall consider— 

13 ‘‘(A) leveraging the resources of relevant 

14 existing Manufacturing USA institutes de15 scribed in section 34(d) of the National Insti16 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 278s(d)); 

18 ‘‘(B) integrating program activities into a 

19 relevant existing Manufacturing USA institutes; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(C) establishing a new institute focused 

22 on low-emissions steel manufacturing. 

23 ‘‘(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—In carrying 

24 out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with 

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1 search and development initiatives to increase indus2 trial competitiveness and achieve significant net 

3 nonwater greenhouse emissions reductions through 

4 low-emissions steel manufacturing, including the De5 partment of Defense, Department of Transportation, 

6 and the National Institute of Standards and Tech7 nology.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 

9 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public 

10 Law 110–140; 134 Stat. 2556; 121 Stat. 1494) is amend11 ed in the table of contents by inserting after the item re12 lating to section 454 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 454A. Low-emissions steel manufacturing research program.’’. 

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