42 U.S.C. § 16157 — Demonstration

Page 8787 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 16157 drogen and hydrogen-carrier fuels, including an infrastructure that supports buses and other fleet transportation; (B) fuel cells in government and other ap- plications, including portable, stationary, and transportation applications; (C) distributed power generation, including the generation of combined heat, power, and clean fuels including hydrogen; (D) uniform hydrogen codes, standards, and safety protocols; and (E) vehicle hydrogen fuel system integrity safety performance. (2) Activities The Task Force may organize workshops and conferences, may issue publications, and may create databases to carry out its duties. The Task Force shall— (A) foster the exchange of generic, non- proprietary information and technology among industry, academia, and government; (B) develop and maintain an inventory and assessment of hydrogen, fuel cells, and other advanced technologies, including the com- mercial capability of each technology for the economic and environmentally safe pro- duction, distribution, delivery, storage, and use of hydrogen; (C) integrate technical and other informa- tion made available as a result of the pro- grams and activities under this subchapter; (D) promote the marketplace introduction of infrastructure for hydrogen fuel vehicles; and (E) conduct an education program to pro- vide hydrogen and fuel cell information to potential end-users. (c) Agency cooperation The heads of all agencies, including those whose agencies are not represented on the Task Force, shall cooperate with and furnish informa- tion to the Task Force, the Technical Advisory Committee, and the Department. (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 806, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 848.) § 16156. Technical Advisory Committee (a) Establishment The Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advi- sory Committee is established to advise the Sec- retary on the programs and activities under this subchapter. (b) Membership (1) Members The Technical Advisory Committee shall be comprised of not fewer than 12 nor more than 25 members. The members shall be appointed by the Secretary to represent domestic indus- try, academia, professional societies, govern- ment agencies, Federal laboratories, previous advisory panels, and financial, environmental, and other appropriate organizations based on the Department’s assessment of the technical and other qualifications of Technical Advisory Committee members and the needs of the Technical Advisory Committee. (2) Terms The term of a member of the Technical Ad- visory Committee shall not be more than 3 years. The Secretary may appoint members of the Technical Advisory Committee in a man- ner that allows the terms of the members serving at any time to expire at spaced inter- vals so as to ensure continuity in the func- tioning of the Technical Advisory Committee. A member of the Technical Advisory Com- mittee whose term is expiring may be re- appointed. (3) Chairperson The Technical Advisory Committee shall have a chairperson, who shall be elected by the members from among their number. (c) Review The Technical Advisory Committee shall re- view and make recommendations to the Sec- retary on— (1) the implementation of programs and ac- tivities under this subchapter; (2) the safety, economical, and environ- mental consequences of technologies for the production, distribution, delivery, storage, or use of hydrogen energy and fuel cells; and (3) the plan under section 16153 of this title. (d) Response (1) Consideration of recommendations The Secretary shall consider, but need not adopt, any recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee under subsection (c). (2) Biennial report The Secretary shall transmit a biennial re- port to Congress describing any recommenda- tions made by the Technical Advisory Com- mittee since the previous report. The report shall include a description of how the Sec- retary has implemented or plans to implement the recommendations, or an explanation of the reasons that a recommendation will not be im- plemented. The report shall be transmitted along with the President’s budget proposal. (e) Support The Secretary shall provide resources nec- essary in the judgment of the Secretary for the Technical Advisory Committee to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter. (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 807, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 849.) § 16157. Demonstration (a) In general In carrying out the programs under this sec- tion, the Secretary shall fund a limited number of demonstration projects, consistent with this subchapter and a determination of the maturity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impacts of technologies supporting each project. In se- lecting projects under this subsection, the Sec- retary shall, to the extent practicable and in the public interest, select projects that— (1) involve using hydrogen and related prod- ucts at existing facilities or installations, such as existing office buildings, military bases, vehicle fleet centers, transit bus au- thorities, or units of the National Park Sys- tem; (2) depend on reliable power from hydrogen to carry out essential activities; Page 8788 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 16158 1 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted. (3) lead to the replication of hydrogen tech- nologies and draw such technologies into the marketplace; (4) include vehicle, portable, and stationary demonstrations of fuel cell and hydrogen- based energy technologies; (5) address the interdependency of demand for hydrogen fuel cell applications and hydro- gen fuel infrastructure; (6) raise awareness of hydrogen technology among the public; (7) facilitate identification of an optimum technology among competing alternatives; (8) address distributed generation using re- newable sources; (9) carry out demonstrations of evolving hy- drogen and fuel cell technologies in national parks, remote island areas, and on Indian trib- al land, as selected by the Secretary; (10) carry out a program to demonstrate de- velopmental hydrogen and fuel cell systems for mobile, portable, and stationary uses, using improved versions of the learning dem- onstrations program concept of the Depart- ment including demonstrations involving— (A) light-duty vehicles; (B) heavy-duty vehicles; (C) fleet vehicles; (D) specialty industrial and farm vehicles; and (E) commercial and residential portable, continuous, and backup electric power gen- eration; (11) in accordance with any code or stand- ards developed in a region, fund prototype, pilot fleet, and infrastructure regional hydro- gen supply corridors along the interstate high- way system in varied climates across the United States; and (12) fund demonstration programs that ex- plore the use of hydrogen blends, hybrid hy- drogen, and hydrogen reformed from renew- able agricultural fuels, including the use of hydrogen in hybrid electric, heavier duty, and advanced internal combustion-powered vehi- cles. The Secretary shall give preference to projects which address multiple elements contained in paragraphs (1) through (12). (b) System demonstrations (1) 1 In general As a component of the demonstration pro- gram under this section, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a cost share basis as appro- priate, to eligible entities (as determined by the Secretary) for use in— (A) devising system design concepts that provide for the use of advanced composite vehicles in programs under section 16122 of this title that— (i) have as a primary goal the reduction of drive energy requirements; (ii) after 2010, add another research and development phase, as defined in sub- section (c), including the vehicle and infra- structure partnerships developed under the learning demonstrations program concept of the Department; and (iii) are managed through an enhanced FreedomCAR program within the Depart- ment that encourages involvement in cost- shared projects by manufacturers and gov- ernments; and (B) designing a local distributed energy system that— (i) incorporates renewable hydrogen pro- duction, off-grid electricity production, and fleet applications in industrial or com- mercial service; (ii) integrates energy or applications de- scribed in clause (i), such as stationary, portable, micro, and mobile fuel cells, into a high-density commercial or residential building complex or agricultural commu- nity; and (iii) is managed in cooperation with in- dustry, State, tribal, and local govern- ments, agricultural organizations, and nonprofit generators and distributors of electricity. (c) Identification of new program requirements In carrying out the demonstrations under sub- section (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force and the Technical Advisory Committee, shall— (1) after 2008 for stationary and portable ap- plications, and after 2010 for vehicles, identify new requirements that refine technological concepts, planning, and applications; and (2) during the second phase of the learning demonstrations under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), redesign subsequent program work to incor- porate those requirements. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (1) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; (2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; (3) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; (4) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; (5) $375,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and (6) such sums as are necessary for each of fis- cal years 2011 through 2020. (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 808, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 850.) § 16158. Codes and standards (a) In general The Secretary, in cooperation with the Task Force, shall provide grants to, or offer to enter into contracts with, such professional organiza- tions, public service organizations, and govern- ment agencies as the Secretary determines ap- propriate to support timely and extensive devel- opment of safety codes and standards relating to fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen energy systems, and stationary, portable, and micro fuel cells. (b) Educational efforts The Secretary shall support educational ef- forts by organizations and agencies described in subsection (a) to share information, including information relating to best practices, among those organizations and agencies. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—