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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. 
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‘‘(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 
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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- 
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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. 
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‘‘(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-
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