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 
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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, 
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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 
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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). 
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‘‘(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-
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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. 
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‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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 
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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). 
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