S3439-118

Introduced

To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 7, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Energy, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act of 2023.
  • Section id0dd8e20a77024837ac372a7cb0d381ae: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term baseline embodied greenhouse gas emissions has the meaning given the term in section 458(b) of the Energy Independence and...
  • Section idb602ea54d0fd42f5a590b2c5c7454cb2: 3. Low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production research program Subtitle D of title IV of the Energy Independence and...
  • Section id4bdc1b14778e4cffa6b543875d4357f8: 458. Low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production research program The purpose of this section is to advance the research and...
  • Section id534fa2e1d19244f7bb3a59d1d98d746a: 4. Low-emissions concrete and low-emissions asphalt Manufacturing USA institutes In this section: The term eligible entity has the meaning given the term in...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Energy, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Energy Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 7, 2023

Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Energy Environment
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"environmental product declaration" §id0dd8e20a77024837ac372a7cb0d381ae

a product-specific type III environmental product declaration that— conforms to ISO Standard 14025

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