119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1534 
AN ACT 
To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American 
industry through the research and development of ad-
vanced technologies to improve the efficiency of cement, 
concrete, and asphalt production, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovative Mitigation 
Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act’’ 
or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 
PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Part I of subtitle C of title V of divi-
sion D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 40523. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND AS-
PHALT PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED PRODUCTION.—The term ‘ad-
vanced production’ means production of cement, 
concrete, or asphalt with one or more of the fol-
lowing improvements with respect to the production 
of commercially available cement, concrete, or as-
phalt: 
‘‘(A) Improved cost-effectiveness. 
‘‘(B) Improved quality, durability, engi-
neering performance, and resilience. 
‘‘(C) Improved efficiency of resource con-
sumption and material demand. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE FUELS.—The term ‘alter-
native fuels’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous ma-
terials, or a combination thereof, used to replace or 
supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion 
or pyrolysis for low-emissions cement, concrete, or 
asphalt. 
‘‘(3) COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE.—The term 
‘commercially available’, with respect to cement, con-
crete, and asphalt, means that the cement, concrete, 
or asphalt is— 
‘‘(A) readily and widely available for pur-
chase in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) produced using a production method 
of cement, concrete, or asphalt products, as ap-
plicable, that is widely in use. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) An institution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) An appropriate State or Federal enti-
ty, including a federally funded research and 
development center of the Department. 
‘‘(C) A nonprofit research institution. 
‘‘(D) A private entity. 
‘‘(E) Any other relevant entity the Sec-
retary determines appropriate.
‘‘(F) A partnership or consortium of two 
or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
‘‘(5) 
ENGINEERING
PERFORMANCE-BASED 
STANDARD.—The term ‘engineering performance- 
based standard’ means an existing engineering 
standard with respect to which the requirements ap-
plicable to such standard are stated in terms of re-
quired results, with criteria for verifying compliance 
rather than specific composition, design, or proce-
dure. 
‘‘(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(7) LOW-EMISSIONS CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND 
ASPHALT.—The term ‘low-emissions cement, con-
crete, and asphalt’ means cement, concrete, asphalt 
binder, or asphalt mixture that reduces, to the max-
imum extent practicable, greenhouse gas or directly- 
related copollutant emissions to levels below commer-
cially available cement, concrete, or asphalt. 
‘‘(8) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 343(a) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1991(a)). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application of advanced 
tools, technologies, and methods for advanced production 
and use of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt in 
order to accomplish the following: 
‘‘(1) Increase the technological and economic 
competitiveness of industry and production in the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) Expand and increase the stability of sup-
ply chains through enhanced domestic production, 
nearshoring, and cooperation with allies. 
‘‘(3) Achieve measurable greenhouse gas or di-
rectly related copollutant emissions reductions in the 
production processes for cement, concrete, and as-
phalt products. 
‘‘(4) Create quality domestic jobs. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Coordinate with the programs and activi-
ties authorized under title VI of division Z of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (relating to 
industrial and manufacturing technologies) and the 
amendments made by such title. 
‘‘(2) Coordinate across all relevant program of-
fices of the Department, including the Office of 
Science, the Advanced Research Projects Agency- 
Energy, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, 
the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-
ergy, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of In-
dustrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, the Office 
of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, and 
the Office of Nuclear Energy. 
‘‘(3) Leverage, to the extent practicable, the re-
search infrastructure of the Department, including 
scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light 
sources, neutron scattering facilities, and nanoscale 
science research centers. 
‘‘(4) Conduct research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application of the ad-
vanced production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 
and asphalt that have the potential to increase do-
mestic production and employment in both advanced 
and commercially available processes. 
‘‘(d) STRATEGIC PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the establishment of the program under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall develop a 5-year stra-
tegic plan identifying research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application goals for 
such program. The Secretary shall submit such plan 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 
related to the advanced production of low-emis-
sions cement, concrete, and asphalt that sup-
port the research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application activities described 
in this section, and the demonstration projects 
under subsection (f); 
‘‘(B) establish technological and pro-
grammatic goals to achieve the requirements 
specified in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(C) include timelines for the accomplish-
ment of such goals developed under the plan. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES TO PLAN.—Not less than once 
every two years, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate an up-
dated version of the strategic plan under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(e) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall focus on the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Carbon capture technologies for low-emis-
sions cement, concrete, and asphalt production proc-
esses, which may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Oxycombustion and chemical looping 
technologies. 
‘‘(B) Precombustion technologies. 
‘‘(C) Post combustion technologies. 
‘‘(D) Direct carbon dioxide separation 
technologies. 
‘‘(2) Materials, technologies, inputs, and proc-
esses that— 
‘‘(A) produce fewer greenhouse gas or di-
rectly related copollutant emissions during pro-
duction, use, and end use of cement, concrete, 
and asphalt; or 
‘‘(B) provide quality, durability, resilience, 
engineering, or other performance metrics equal
to or greater than commercially available prod-
ucts. 
‘‘(3) Medium- and high-temperature heat-gen-
eration technologies used for the advanced produc-
tion of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt, 
which may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Alternative fuels. 
‘‘(B) Renewable heat-generation and stor-
age technology. 
‘‘(C) Electrification of heating processes. 
‘‘(D) Other clean heat-generation tech-
nologies and sources. 
‘‘(4) Technologies and practices that increase 
the efficiency of energy use, natural resource con-
sumption, or material demand, which may include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Designing products that encourage 
reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and re-
cycling. 
‘‘(B) Minimizing waste, including waste 
heat, from low-emissions cement, concrete, and 
asphalt production processes, including through 
the reuse of waste as a resource in other indus-
trial processes for mutual benefit.
‘‘(C) Increasing the overall energy effi-
ciency of low-emissions cement, concrete, and 
asphalt production processes, including through 
life cycle assessments. 
‘‘(5) Technologies and approaches to reduce 
greenhouse gas or directly related copollutant emis-
sions from the advanced production of cement, con-
crete, and asphalt. 
‘‘(6) High-performance computing to develop 
advanced materials and production processes that 
may contribute to the focus areas described in para-
graphs (1) through (5), including the following: 
‘‘(A) Modeling, simulation, and optimiza-
tion of the design of cost-effective and energy- 
efficient products and processes. 
‘‘(B) The use of digital prototyping and 
additive production to enhance product design. 
‘‘(7) Advanced sensor technologies and methods 
to monitor and quantify the performance of low- 
emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt materials at 
scale and under a variety of conditions. 
‘‘(8) Technologies that can be retrofitted at ce-
ment, concrete, and asphalt plants that represent 
the most common facility types in the United States
and in other countries, with consideration for field 
validation of such retrofits. 
‘‘(9) Best practices for data standardization 
and data sharing tools and technologies, in coordina-
tion with relevant Federal agencies. 
‘‘(10) Fundamental research in chemistry and 
materials science to identify the following: 
‘‘(A) Novel materials and alternative do-
mestic feedstocks and processing operations for 
the advanced production of low-emissions ce-
ment, concrete, and asphalt. 
‘‘(B) Improved understanding by eligible 
entities of the mechanisms that determine the 
performance and durability of low-emissions ce-
ment, concrete, and asphalt over time. 
‘‘(f) DEMONSTRATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary, in carrying out the program under 
subsection (b), and in collaboration with the Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, industry partners, institutions of high-
er education, and National Laboratories, shall sup-
port demonstrations of advanced production of low-
emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt that uses ei-
ther— 
‘‘(A) a single technology or practice; or 
‘‘(B) a combination of multiple tech-
nologies or practices. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying 
out the demonstrations under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall select eligible entities to carry out 
demonstration projects and to the maximum extent 
practicable— 
‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among 
eligible entities, including participation by enti-
ties located in rural areas; 
‘‘(B) 
encourage 
technological 
diversity 
among eligible entities; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects se-
lected— 
‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 
demonstration programs of the Depart-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) are based on the extent of green-
house gas emissions reductions achieved; 
and 
‘‘(iii) prioritize leveraging matching 
funds from non-Federal sources.
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate— 
‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every 
two years for the duration of the demonstra-
tions under paragraph (1), a report describing 
the performance of such demonstrations; and 
‘‘(B) if any such demonstration is termi-
nated, an assessment of the success of, and 
education provided by, the measures carried out 
by such demonstration. 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-
nate the demonstrations under paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary determines that sufficient low-emissions 
cement, concrete, and asphalt produced through ad-
vanced production are commercially available domes-
tically at a price comparable to the price of cement, 
concrete, and asphalt produced through traditional 
methods of production. 
‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of Commerce (acting through the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology), the Administrator of General Services, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and appropriate representatives of relevant 
standards development organizations, shall provide 
technical assistance to eligible entities to carry out 
an activity described in paragraph (2) to promote 
the commercial application of technologies for the 
production and use of low-emissions cement, con-
crete, and asphalt. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—An activity re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Efforts related to collecting data that 
could be used in the updating of local codes, 
specifications, and standards to engineering 
performance-based standards. 
‘‘(B) A lifecycle assessment of the final 
product. 
‘‘(C) An environmental impact comparison 
between different cements, concretes, and as-
phalts. 
‘‘(D) A techno-economic assessment. 
‘‘(E) An environmental permitting or other 
regulatory process. 
‘‘(F) An evaluation or testing activity.
‘‘(G) Any other activity that promotes the 
commercial application of technologies devel-
oped through the program under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall seek 
applications for technical assistance under this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 
‘‘(B) on a periodic basis, but not less fre-
quently than once every 12 months. 
‘‘(4) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary may 
designate or establish one or more regional centers 
to provide technical assistance to eligible entities to 
carry out the activity described in paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) MANUFACTURING
USA.—In carrying out 
this section the Secretary shall consider the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Leveraging the resources of relevant 
existing Manufacturing USA Institutes de-
scribed in section 34(d) of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278s(d)). 
‘‘(B) Integrating program activities into a 
relevant existing Manufacturing USA Institute.
‘‘(C) Awarding financial assistance, con-
sistent with section 34(e) of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278s(e)), to a person or group of per-
sons to assist the person or group of persons in 
planning, establishing, or supporting a Manu-
facturing U.S.A. Institute focused on advanced 
production of low-emissions cement, concrete, 
and asphalt. 
‘‘(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with 
other Federal agencies, including the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
that are carrying out research and development ini-
tiatives to increase industrial competitiveness and 
achieve measurable greenhouse gas or directly re-
lated copollutant emissions reductions through the 
advanced production of cement, concrete, and as-
phalt. 
‘‘(i) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate seven 
years after the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(j) RESEARCH SECURITY.—The activities author-
ized under this section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and De-
velopment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as 
division B of Public Law 117–167 (42 U.S.C. 19231 et 
seq.)). 
‘‘(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to amend, alter, or affect the au-
thorities of the Secretary to define, establish, or enforce 
new environmental industry standards for, or related to, 
cement, concrete, or asphalt.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 40522 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 40523. Advanced cement, concrete, and asphalt production research pro-
gram.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1534 
AN ACT 
To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of 
American industry through the research and de-
velopment of advanced technologies to improve 
the efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt 
production, and for other purposes.