Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§16153 Plan

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress, within 6 months after August 8, 2005, one coordinated plan for the programs in this subchapter and any other Department programs directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan must include a 5-year agenda for the programs (including each listed activity); who will do the work and what each will do; the checkpoints to measure progress over the next 5 years; the main technical and nontechnical barriers and how the programs will tackle them; and the policy assumptions behind the plan, including any that affect hydrogen sources or how hydrogen products can be sold.

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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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60