; (2) increasing the technological and economic competitiveness of industry and production in the United States; (3) increasing the stability of supply chains through enhanced domestic production, nearshoring, and cooperation with allies; and (4) creating quality domestic jobs. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Alternative fuels The term alternative fuels means any solid, liquid, or gaseous material, or any combination of those materials, used to replace or supplement any portion of fuels used in combustion or pyrolysis for the production of low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture. (2) Baseline embodied greenhouse gas emissions The term baseline embodied greenhouse gas emissions means the reported regional industry averages of embodied greenhouse gas emissions of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture, as determined by the Secretary under subsection (i)(1). (3) Commercially available The term commercially available , with respect to cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture, means that the cement, concrete, asphalt binder, or asphalt mixture is, or the component materials of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture are— (A) readily and widely available for public purchase in the United States; and (B) produced using a production method that is widely in use. (4) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means— (A) a Federal entity, including a federally funded research and development center of the Department; (B) a State, territory, or possession of the United States; (C) a municipality of a State or equivalent geographic area in a territory or possession of the United States; (D) a State energy office (as defined in section 124(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15821(a) )); (E) a State energy financing institution (as defined in section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16511 )); (F) an institution of higher education; (G) a nonprofit research institution; (H) a private entity