§16156 Technical Advisory Committee

Summary

Creates a Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee to give advice to the Secretary on programs under this part. The committee must have 12 to 25 members chosen by the Secretary. Members should come from U.S. industry, colleges, professional groups, government agencies, federal labs, past advisory panels, finance, environmental groups, and other relevant organizations. Each member’s term is up to 3 years, terms should be staggered so people leave at different times, members can be reappointed, and the committee picks its own chair. The committee must review and make recommendations on program work, the safety, cost, and environmental effects of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies (like making, moving, storing, and using hydrogen), and the plan under section 16153. The Secretary must consider the advice but does not have to follow it. Every two years the Secretary must send Congress a report listing the committee’s recommendations and saying how they were or will be handled or why they were not. The Secretary must give the committee the resources needed to do its job.