Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§16153 Plan

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 149— - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - HYDROGEN › § 16153

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress one coordinated plan no later than 6 months after August 8, 2005. The plan covers the programs in this part of the law and any other Department programs directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan must lay out a 5-year agenda (including each listed activity), say what kinds of groups will carry out the work and their roles, list milestones to measure progress, identify the biggest technical and nontechnical barriers and how the programs will deal with them, and state the policy assumptions, including any assumptions that would affect hydrogen sources or the marketability of hydrogen products.

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Title 42, §16153

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Not later than 6 months after August 8, 2005, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a coordinated plan for the programs described in this subchapter and any other programs of the Department that are directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan shall describe, at a minimum—

(1)the agenda for the next 5 years for the programs authorized under this subchapter, including the agenda for each activity enumerated in section 16154(e) of this title;

(2)the types of entities that will carry out the activities under this subchapter and what role each entity is expected to play;

(3)the milestones that will be used to evaluate the programs for the next 5 years;

(4)the most significant technical and nontechnical hurdles that stand in the way of achieving the goals described in section 16154 of this title, and how the programs will address those hurdles; and

(5)the policy assumptions that are implicit in the plan, including any assumptions that would affect the sources of hydrogen or the marketability of hydrogen-related products.

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42 U.S.C. § 16153

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73