‘‘(e) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the program es-
tablished in subsection (c), the Secretary shall focus on the 
following: 
‘‘(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 tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(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-genera-
tion technologies used for the advanced production of 
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low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt which 
may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Alternative fuels. 
‘‘(B) Renewable heat-generation and storage 
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 consump-
tion, or material demand, which may include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Designing products that encourage 
reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recy-
cling. 
‘‘(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 efficiency 
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 ad-
vanced materials and production processes that may 
contribute to the focus areas described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5), including the following: 
‘‘(A) Modeling, simulation, and optimiza-
tion of the design of cost-effective and energy-effi-
cient products and processes. 
‘‘(B) The use of digital prototyping and ad-
ditive production to enhance product design. 
‘‘(7) Advanced sensor technologies and methods 
to monitor and quantify the performance of low-emis-
sions 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 valida-
tion of such retrofits. 
‘‘(9) Best practices for data standardization and 
data sharing tools and technologies, in coordination 
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 domes-
tic feedstocks and processing operations for the 
advanced production of low-emissions cement, 
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 Sec-
retary, in carrying out the program established in 
subsection (b), and in collaboration with the Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, industry partners, institutions of higher 
education, and National Laboratories, shall support 
demonstrations of advanced production of low-emis-
sions cement, concrete, and asphalt that uses either— 
‘‘(A) a single technology or practice; or 
‘‘(B) a combination of multiple technologies 
or practices. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying 
out the demonstrations under paragraph (1), the Sec-
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retary shall select eligible entities to carry out dem-
onstration projects and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(A) encourage regional diversity among el-
igible entities, including participation by enti-
ties located in rural areas; 
‘‘(B) 
encourage 
technological 
diversity 
among eligible entities; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that specific projects selected— 
‘‘(i) expand on the existing technology 
demonstration programs of the Department; 
‘‘(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— 
‘‘(A) not less frequently than once every two 
years for the duration of the demonstrations 
under paragraph (1), a report describing the 
performance of such demonstration; and 
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