I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1534 
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 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. FOUSHEE) 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 
industry through the research and development of ad-
vanced technologies to improve the efficiency of cement, 
concrete, and asphalt production, 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 ‘‘Innovative Mitigation 
Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act’’ 
or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND ASPHALT 
PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Part I of subtitle C of title V of divi-
sion D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 40523. ADVANCED CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND AS-
PHALT PRODUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED PRODUCTION.—The term ‘ad-
vanced production’ means production of cement, 
concrete, or asphalt with one or more of the fol-
lowing improvements with respect to the production 
of commercially available cement, concrete, or as-
phalt: 
‘‘(A) Improved cost-effectiveness. 
‘‘(B) Improved quality, durability, engi-
neering performance, and resilience. 
‘‘(C) Improved efficiency of resource con-
sumption and material demand. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE FUELS.—The term ‘alter-
native fuels’ means any solid, liquid, or gaseous ma-
terials, or a combination thereof, used to replace or 
supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion 
or pyrolysis for low-emissions cement, concrete, or 
asphalt. 
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‘‘(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 en-
tity’ 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 
development center of the Department. 
‘‘(C) A nonprofit research institution. 
‘‘(D) A private entity. 
‘‘(E) Any other relevant entity the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(F) A partnership or consortium of two 
or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E). 
‘‘(5) 
ENGINEERING
PERFORMANCE-BASED 
STANDARD.—The term ‘engineering performance- 
based standard’ means an existing engineering 
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