Congress funds cleaner cement and asphalt—but who captures the innovation?
S. 1067 — Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act of 2025 · Filed by Christopher Coons (D-DE) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Department of Energy to fund research, development, and demonstration projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production. It establishes grant programs, technical standards, and performance metrics to help U.S. producers adopt cleaner technologies and compete globally, with eligible recipients including federal agencies, states, municipalities, tribes, universities, nonprofits, and private companies.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is federal funding for research, development, and demonstration of low-emissions technologies in cement and asphalt production. It is a technology-acceleration and competitiveness measure, not a subsidy carve-out or deregulation.
What the text implies
- The bill defines 'eligible entity' broadly to include private companies, potentially directing federal R&D dollars to for-profit firms without explicit cost-sharing or IP-ownership restrictions visible in this excerpt.
- Baseline emissions standards are set by the Secretary using 'regional averages, if available'—this discretion could create regional winners and losers in the cement/asphalt market depending on how baselines are calculated.
The full analysis lists 4 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
cement manufacturers; concrete producers; asphalt binder and mixture manufacturers