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Union Calendar No. 161 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4599 
[Report No. 117–227] 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2021 
Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
JANUARY 18, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. WILD, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. 
MRVAN, Mr. DELGADO, and Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky 
JANUARY 18, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 21, 2021] 
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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. 
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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 ‘‘Steel Upgrading Part-
nerships and Emissions Reduction Act’’ or the ‘‘SUPER 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
LOW-EMISSIONS 
STEEL 
MANUFACTURING 
RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of title IV of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17111 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 454 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 454A. LOW-EMISSIONS STEEL MANUFACTURING RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
courage the research and development of innovative tech-
nologies aimed at— 
‘‘(1) increasing the technological and economic 
competitiveness of industry and manufacturing in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(2) achieving significant net nonwater green-
house emissions reductions in the production processes 
for iron, steel, and steel mill products. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) 
COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE 
STEELMAKING.—The term ‘commercially available 
steelmaking’ means the current production method of 
iron, steel, and steel mill products. 
‘‘(2) CRITICAL
MATERIAL.—The term ‘critical 
material’ has the meaning given such term in section 
7002 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
‘‘(3) CRITICAL
MINERAL.—The term ‘critical 
mineral’ has the meaning given such term in section 
7002 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) an appropriate State or Federal enti-
ty, including a federally funded research and de-
velopment center of the Department; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit research institution; 
‘‘(D) a private entity; 
‘‘(E) any other relevant entity the Secretary 
determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(F) a partnership or consortium of two or 
more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
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‘‘(5) LOW-EMISSIONS STEEL MANUFACTURING.— 
The term ‘low-emissions steel manufacturing’ means 
advanced or commercially available steelmaking with 
the reduction, to the maximum extent practicable, of 
net nonwater greenhouse gas emissions to the atmos-
phere from the production of iron, steel, and steel mill 
products. 
‘‘(c) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Steel Upgrading Partnerships and 
Emissions Reduction Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of advanced tools, technologies, and 
methods for low-emissions steel manufacturing. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (c), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate this program with the programs 
and activities authorized in title VI of division Z of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; 
‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of-
fices of the Department, including the Office of 
Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy, and the Office of 
Nuclear Energy; 
‘‘(3) leverage, to the extent practicable, the re-
search infrastructure of the Department, including 
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scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light 
sources, neutron scattering facilities, and nanoscale 
science research centers; and 
‘‘(4) conduct research, development, and dem-
onstration of low-emissions steel manufacturing tech-
nologies that have the potential to increase domestic 
production and employment in advanced and com-
mercially available steelmaking. 
‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Steel Upgrading 
Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act, the Sec-
retary shall develop a 5-year strategic plan identi-
fying research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application goals for the program established 
in subsection (c). The Secretary shall submit this 
plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 
related to low-emissions steel manufacturing that 
support the research, development, demonstra-
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tion, and commercial application activities de-
scribed in this section, and the demonstration 
projects under subsection (h); 
‘‘(B) 
establish 
technological 
and 
pro-
grammatic goals to achieve the requirements of 
subsection (d); and 
‘‘(C) include timelines for the accomplish-
ment of 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 updated 
version of the plan under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the program es-
tablished in subsection (c), the Secretary shall focus on— 
‘‘(1) medium- and high-temperature heat genera-
tion technologies used for low-emissions steel manu-
facturing, which may include— 
‘‘(A) alternative fuels, including hydrogen 
and biomass; 
‘‘(B) alternative reducing agents, including 
hydrogen; 
‘‘(C) renewable heat generation technology, 
including solar and geothermal; 
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‘‘(D) electrification of heating processes, in-
cluding through electrolysis; and 
‘‘(E) other heat generation sources; 
‘‘(2) carbon capture technologies for advanced 
and commercially available steelmaking processes, 
which may include— 
‘‘(A) combustion and chemical looping tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(B) use of slag to reduce carbon dioxide 
emissions; 
‘‘(C) pre-combustion technologies; and 
‘‘(D) post-combustion technologies; 
‘‘(3) smart manufacturing technologies and prin-
ciples, digital manufacturing technologies, and ad-
vanced data analytics to develop advanced tech-
nologies and practices in information, automation, 
monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and net-
working to— 
‘‘(A) model and simulate manufacturing 
production lines; 
‘‘(B) monitor and communicate production 
line status; and 
‘‘(C) model, simulate, and optimize the en-
ergy efficiency of manufacturing processes; 
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‘‘(4) technologies and practices that minimize 
energy and natural resource consumption, which may 
include— 
‘‘(A) designing products that enable reuse, 
refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling; 
‘‘(B) minimizing waste from advanced and 
commercially available steelmaking processes, in-
cluding through the reuse of waste as resources 
in other industrial processes for mutual benefit; 
‘‘(C) increasing resource efficiency; and 
‘‘(D) increasing the energy efficiency of ad-
vanced and commercially available steelmaking 
processes; 
‘‘(5) alternative materials and technologies that 
produce fewer emissions during production and result 
in fewer emissions during use, which may include— 
‘‘(A) innovative raw materials; 
‘‘(B) high-performance lightweight mate-
rials; 
‘‘(C) substitutions for critical materials and 
critical minerals; and 
‘‘(D) other technologies that achieve signifi-
cant carbon emission reductions in low-emissions 
steel manufacturing, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
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‘‘(6) high-performance computing to develop ad-
vanced materials and manufacturing processes con-
tributing to the focus areas described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5), including— 
‘‘(A) modeling, simulation, and optimiza-
tion of the design of energy efficient and sustain-
able products; and 
‘‘(B) the use of digital prototyping and ad-
ditive manufacturing to enhance product design. 
‘‘(g) TESTING AND VALIDATION.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall support the development 
of standardized testing and technical validation of ad-
vanced and commercially available steelmaking and low- 
emissions steel manufacturing through collaboration with 
one or more National Laboratories, and one or more eligible 
entities. 
‘‘(h) DEMONSTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Steel Upgrading 
Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act, the Sec-
retary, in carrying out the program established in 
subsection (c), and in collaboration with industry 
partners, institutions of higher education, and the 
National Laboratories, shall support an initiative for 
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the demonstration of low-emissions steel manufac-
turing, as identified by the Secretary, that uses ei-
ther— 
‘‘(A) a single technology; or 
‘‘(B) a combination of multiple technologies. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION
REQUIREMENTS.—Under the 
initiative established under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall select eligible entities to carry out dem-
onstration projects and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among el-
igible entities, including participation by rural 
States; 
‘‘(B) 
encourage 
technological 
diversity 
among eligible entities; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects selected— 
‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 
demonstration programs of the Department; 
and 
‘‘(ii) prioritize projects that leverage 
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— 
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‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every two 
years for the duration of the demonstration ini-
tiative under this subsection, a report describing 
the performance of the initiative; and 
‘‘(B) if the initiative established under this 
subsection is terminated, an assessment of the 
success of, and education provided by, the meas-
ures carried out by recipients of financial assist-
ance under the initiative. 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) MANUFACTURING U.S.A..—In carrying out 
this section the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(A) leveraging the resources of relevant ex-
isting Manufacturing USA Institutes described 
in section 34(d) of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s(d)); 
‘‘(B) integrating program activities into a 
relevant existing Manufacturing USA Institute; 
or 
‘‘(C) establishing a new institute focused on 
low-emissions steel manufacturing. 
‘‘(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with 
other Federal agencies that are carrying out research 
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and development initiatives to increase industrial 
competitiveness and achieve significant net nonwater 
greenhouse emissions reductions through low-emis-
sions steel manufacturing, including the Department 
of Defense, Department of Transportation, and the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17001 note) is amended in the table of contents by inserting 
after the item relating to section 454 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 454A. Low-Emissions Steel Manufacturing Research Program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 161 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4599 
[Report No. 117–227] 
A BILL 
To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of 
American manufacturing through the research 
and development of advanced technologies to re-
duce steelmaking emissions, and for other pur-
poses. 
JANUARY 18, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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