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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3395 
To enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to estab-
lish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, education, 
and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete 
masonry products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and im-
porters to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated 
program of research, education, and promotion to im-
prove, maintain, and develop markets for concrete ma-
sonry products. 
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 ‘‘Concrete Masonry 
Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 
2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The production of concrete masonry prod-
ucts plays a significant role in the Nation’s economy. 
(2) Concrete masonry products are produced by 
hundreds of concrete manufacturers and utilized 
throughout the United States and foreign countries. 
(3) Concrete masonry products move in the 
channels of interstate and foreign commerce, and 
concrete masonry products that do not move in such 
channels of commerce directly burden or affect inter-
state commerce of concrete masonry products. 
(4) The concrete masonry products industry 
employs thousands of workers and positively impacts 
economic stability throughout the United States. 
(5) The maintenance and expansion of existing 
markets for concrete masonry products and the de-
velopment of new markets is vital to the welfare of 
concrete manufacturers in the United States and 
those concerned with marketing and using concrete 
masonry products as well as the general economic 
welfare of the Nation. 
(6) The concrete masonry products industry 
plays a vital role in providing safe, environmentally 
sustainable, and economical construction for citizens 
of the United States and abroad. Concrete masonry 
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products are used for the construction of structures 
that protect and provide shelter for citizens during 
disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados, 
fire, etc.). Concrete masonry structures provide en-
ergy efficiencies to reduce American energy de-
mands. Concrete masonry provides for durable struc-
tures that support sustainability objectives, reducing 
long-term demands on natural resources. Concrete 
masonry products are made using locally available 
resources throughout the United States, reducing 
transportation and infrastructure demands. Concrete 
masonry products are used to support the construc-
tion of durable and cost-efficient, low-income hous-
ing. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the establishment of an orderly program for devel-
oping, financing, and carrying out an effective, contin-
uous, and coordinated program of research, education, and 
promotion, including funds for marketing and market re-
search activities, that is designed to— 
(1) strengthen the position of the concrete ma-
sonry products industry in the domestic market-
place; 
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