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SEC. 108. INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COM-
PONENT IN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS 
INVOLVING PROCUREMENT OF CEMENT OR 
CONCRETE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle F of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT IN 
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INVOLVING PROCURE-
MENT OF CEMENT OR CONCRETE 
‘‘SEC. 6005. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY
HEAD.—The term ‘agency head’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Transportation; and 
‘‘(B) the head of any other Federal agency 
that, on a regular basis, procures, or provides 
Federal funds to pay or assist in paying the cost 
of procuring, material for cement or concrete 
projects. 
‘‘(2) CEMENT
OR
CONCRETE
PROJECT.—The 
term ‘cement or concrete project’ means a project for 
the construction or maintenance of a highway or 
other transportation facility or a Federal, State, or 
local government building or other public facility 
that—
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‘‘(A) involves the procurement of cement or 
concrete; and 
‘‘(B) is carried out, in whole or in part, 
using Federal funds. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERED
MINERAL
COMPONENT.—The 
term ‘recovered mineral component’ means— 
‘‘(A) ground granulated blast furnace slag; 
‘‘(B) coal combustion fly ash; and 
‘‘(C) any other waste material or byproduct 
recovered or diverted from solid waste that the 
Administrator, in consultation with an agency 
head, determines should be treated as recovered 
mineral component under this section for use in 
cement or concrete projects paid for, in whole or 
in part, by the agency head. 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator and each agency head shall take such actions 
as are necessary to implement fully all procurement 
requirements and incentives in effect as of the date of 
enactment of this section (including guidelines under 
section 6002) that provide for the use of cement and 
concrete incorporating recovered mineral component 
in cement or concrete projects.
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‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 
an agency head shall give priority to achieving great-
er use of recovered mineral component in cement or 
concrete projects for which recovered mineral compo-
nents historically have not been used or have been 
used only minimally. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Administrator and each agency head shall carry 
out this subsection in accordance with section 6002. 
‘‘(c) FULL IMPLEMENTATION STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in co-
operation with the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Secretary of Energy, shall conduct a study to de-
termine the extent to which procurement require-
ments, when fully implemented in accordance with 
subsection (b), may realize energy savings and envi-
ronmental benefits attainable with substitution of re-
covered mineral component in cement used in cement 
or concrete projects. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The study 
shall— 
‘‘(A) quantify— 
‘‘(i) the extent to which recovered min-
eral components are being substituted for
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Portland cement, particularly as a result of 
procurement requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) the energy savings and environ-
mental benefits associated with the substi-
tution; 
‘‘(B) identify all barriers in procurement 
requirements to greater realization of energy sav-
ings and environmental benefits, including bar-
riers resulting from exceptions from the law; and 
‘‘(C)(i) identify potential mechanisms to 
achieve greater substitution of recovered mineral 
component in types of cement or concrete projects 
for which recovered mineral components histori-
cally have not been used or have been used only 
minimally; 
‘‘(ii) evaluate the feasibility of establishing 
guidelines or standards for optimized substi-
tution rates of recovered mineral component in 
those cement or concrete projects; and 
‘‘(iii) identify any potential environmental 
or economic effects that may result from greater 
substitution of recovered mineral component in 
those cement or concrete projects.
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‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report on the study. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
Unless the study conducted under subsection (c) identifies 
any effects or other problems described in subsection 
(c)(2)(C)(iii) that warrant further review or delay, the Ad-
ministrator and each agency head shall, not later than 1 
year after the date on which the report under subsection 
(c)(3) is submitted, take additional actions under this Act 
to establish procurement requirements and incentives that 
provide for the use of cement and concrete with increased 
substitution of recovered mineral component in the con-
struction and maintenance of cement or concrete projects— 
‘‘(1) to realize more fully the energy savings and 
environmental benefits associated with increased sub-
stitution; and 
‘‘(2) to eliminate barriers identified under sub-
section (c)(2)(B). 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section af-
fects the requirements of section 6002 (including the guide-
lines and specifications for implementing those require-
ments).’’.