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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4599 
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 
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. 
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’’. 
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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 proc-
esses for iron, steel, and steel mill products. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(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 Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
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‘‘(3) CRITICAL
MINERAL.—The term ‘critical 
mineral’ has the meaning given such term in section 
7002 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) an appropriate State or Federal enti-
ty, including a federally funded research and 
development center of the Department; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit research institution; 
‘‘(D) a private entity; 
‘‘(E) any other relevant entity the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(F) a partnership or consortium of two or 
more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
‘‘(5) 
LOW-EMISSIONS
STEEL
MANUFAC-
TURING.—The term ‘low-emissions steel manufac-
turing’ means advanced or commercially available 
steelmaking with the reduction, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, of net nonwater greenhouse gas 
emissions to the atmosphere from the production of 
iron, steel, and steel mill products. 
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‘‘(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 estab-
lish a program of research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application of advanced tools, tech-
nologies, and methods for low-emissions steel manufac-
turing. 
‘‘(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 
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 
technologies that have the potential to increase do-
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mestic production and employment in advanced and 
commercially 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 
commercial application goals for the program in ac-
cordance with this section. The Secretary shall sub-
mit this plan to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(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, dem-
onstration, and commercial application activities 
described 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 
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‘‘(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 up-
dated 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 gen-
eration technologies used for low-emissions steel 
manufacturing, 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; 
‘‘(D) electrification of heating processes, 
including through electrolysis; and 
‘‘(E) other heat generation sources; 
‘‘(2) carbon capture technologies for advanced 
and commercially available steelmaking processes, 
which may include— 
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‘‘(A) combustion and chemical looping 
technologies; 
‘‘(B) use of slag for carbon dioxide re-
moval; 
‘‘(C) pre-combustion technologies; and 
‘‘(D) post-combustion technologies; 
‘‘(3) smart manufacturing technologies and 
principles, digital manufacturing technologies, and 
advanced data analytics to develop advanced tech-
nologies and practices in information, automation, 
monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and 
networking 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; 
‘‘(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, 
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including through the reuse of waste as re-
sources in other industrial processes for mutual 
benefit; 
‘‘(C) increasing resource efficiency; and 
‘‘(D) increasing the energy efficiency of 
advanced and commercially available steelmak-
ing processes; 
‘‘(5) alternative materials and technologies that 
produce fewer emissions during production and re-
sult in fewer emissions during use, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) innovative raw materials; 
‘‘(B) high-performance lightweight mate-
rials; 
‘‘(C) substitutions for critical materials 
and critical minerals; and 
‘‘(D) other technologies that achieve sig-
nificant carbon emission reductions in low-emis-
sions steel manufacturing, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(A) modeling, simulation, and optimiza-
tion of the design of energy efficient and sus-
tainable products; and 
‘‘(B) the use of digital prototyping and ad-
ditive manufacturing to enhance product de-
sign. 
‘‘(g) TESTING AND VALIDATION.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, shall support the development of standardized 
testing and technical validation of advanced and commer-
cially available steelmaking and low-emissions steel manu-
facturing through collaboration with one or more National 
Laboratories, and one or more eligible entities. 
‘‘(h) DEMONSTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning on the date 
of enactment of the Steel Upgrading Partnerships 
and Emissions Reduction Act, the Secretary, in col-
laboration with industry partners, institutions of 
higher education, and the National Laboratories, 
shall support an initiative for the demonstration of 
low-emissions steel manufacturing, as identified by 
the Secretary, that uses either— 
‘‘(A) a single technology; or 
‘‘(B) a combination of multiple tech-
nologies. 
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‘‘(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—In selecting 
eligible entities for the demonstration projects under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among 
eligible entities, including participation by rural 
States; 
‘‘(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; 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— 
‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every 
two years for the duration of the demonstration 
program under this subsection, a report de-
scribing the performance of the program; and 
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‘‘(B) if the program established under this 
subsection is terminated, an assessment of the 
success of, and education provided by, the 
measures carried out by recipients of financial 
assistance under the program. 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) MANUFACTURING U.S.A.—In carrying out 
this section the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(A) leveraging the resources of relevant 
existing Manufacturing USA Institutes de-
scribed in section 34(d) of the National Insti-
tute 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 re-
search and development initiatives to increase indus-
trial competitiveness and achieve significant net 
nonwater greenhouse emissions reductions through 
low-emissions steel manufacturing, including the De-
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partment of Defense, Department of Transportation, 
and the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Energy 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 454A. Low-Emissions Steel Manufacturing Research Program.’’. 
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