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Union Calendar No. 434 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7685 
[Report No. 118–522] 
To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American industry through 
the research and development of advanced technologies to improve the 
efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt production, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2024 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. FOUSHEE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
MAY 23, 2024 
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 March 15, 2024] 
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A BILL 
To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American 
industry through the research and development of ad-
vanced technologies to improve the efficiency of cement, 
concrete, and asphalt production, 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 ‘‘Innovative Mitigation 
Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act’’ 
or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 
PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Part I of subtitle C of title V of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58) is amended by inserting after section 40522 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 40523. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 
PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED
PRODUCTION.—The term ‘ad-
vanced production’ means production of cement, con-
crete, or asphalt with one or more of the following im-
provements with respect to the production of commer-
cially available cement, concrete, or asphalt: 
‘‘(A) Improved cost-effectiveness. 
‘‘(B) Improved quality, durability, engi-
neering performance, and resilience. 
‘‘(C) Improved efficiency of resource con-
sumption and material demand. 
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‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE
FUELS.—The term ‘alter-
native fuels’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous mate-
rials, or a combination thereof, used to replace or 
supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion 
or pyrolysis for low-emissions cement, concrete, or as-
phalt. 
‘‘(3) 
COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE.—The 
term 
‘commercially available’, with respect to cement, con-
crete, and asphalt, means that the cement, concrete, or 
asphalt is— 
‘‘(A) readily and widely available for pur-
chase in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) produced using a production method 
of cement, concrete, or asphalt products, as ap-
plicable, that is widely in use. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(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 Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
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‘‘(F) A partnership or consortium of two or 
more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
‘‘(5) ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE-BASED STAND-
ARD.—The 
term 
‘engineering 
performance-based 
standard’ means an existing engineering standard 
with respect to which the requirements applicable to 
such standard are stated in terms of required results, 
with criteria for verifying compliance rather than 
specific composition, design, or procedure. 
‘‘(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(7) LOW-EMISSIONS CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND 
ASPHALT.—The term ‘low-emissions cement, concrete, 
and asphalt’ means cement, concrete, asphalt binder, 
or asphalt mixture that reduces, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, greenhouse gas or directly-related co-
pollutant emissions to levels below commercially 
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)). 
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
establish a program of research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application of advanced tools, tech-
nologies, and methods for advanced production and use of 
low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt in order to— 
‘‘(1) increase the technological and economic 
competitiveness of industry and production in the 
United States; 
‘‘(2) expand and increase the stability of supply 
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 asphalt 
products; and 
‘‘(4) create quality domestic jobs. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with the programs and activities 
authorized under title VI of division Z of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (relating to indus-
trial and manufacturing technologies) and the 
amendments made by such title; 
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‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of-
fices of the Department, including the Office of 
Science, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-En-
ergy, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, the 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of Industrial 
Efficiency and Decarbonization, the Office of Manu-
facturing 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; and 
‘‘(4) conduct research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application of the advanced 
production of low-emissions cement, concrete, and as-
phalt that have the potential to increase domestic pro-
duction and employment in both advanced and com-
mercially 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-
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onstration, and commercial application goals for such 
program. The Secretary shall submit such plan 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. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan under para-
graph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify programs at the Department 
related to the advanced production of low-emis-
sions cement, concrete, and asphalt that support 
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 updated 
version of the strategic plan under paragraph (1). 
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