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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9851 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Demonstration Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Mr. SORENSEN (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. BACON, and 

Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish a 

Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Demonstration Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hydrogen for Industry 

5 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY 

2 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM.—Subtitle F of 

4 title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

5 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 969E. HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEAVY INDUS8 TRY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF LOW-INCOME OR DISADVAN10 TAGED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘low-income or disadvan11 taged community’ means a community (including a city, 

12 town, county, or reasonably isolated and divisible segment 

13 of a larger municipality) with an annual median household 

14 income that is less than 100 percent of the statewide an15 nual median household income for the State in which the 

16 community is located, according to the most recent decen17 nial census. 

18 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of enactment of the Hydrogen for Industry Act of 

20 2024, the Secretary shall establish a program, to be 

21 known as the ‘Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry 

22 Demonstration Program’ (referred to in this section as the 

23 ‘Program’), under which the Secretary shall provide 

24 grants or cooperative agreements to demonstrate indus25 trial end-use applications of hydrogen for— 

26 ‘‘(1) iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; 


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1 ‘‘(2) cement manufacturing; 

2 ‘‘(3) glass manufacturing; 

3 ‘‘(4) ammonia and fertilizer production; 

4 ‘‘(5) industrial food processes; 

5 ‘‘(6) production of synthetic fuels from hydro6 gen, such as with carbon oxides; 

7 ‘‘(7) fuel refining, such as biorefining; 

8 ‘‘(8) chemical synthesis, such as synthesis of 

9 methanol and ethylene; 

10 ‘‘(9) process heaters, including hydrogen com11 bustion with environmental controls; 

12 ‘‘(10) cogeneration to make electricity or heat 

13 to support industrial processes; or 

14 ‘‘(11) any other use of hydrogen for heavy in15 dustry, as determined by the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program is to 

17 support the adoption of hydrogen as an emissions reduc18 tion technology for heavy industry, including in applica19 tions where hydrogen is blended with other fuels or feed20 stocks. 

21 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND OTHER AU22 THORIZED PROJECTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

24 grants or cooperative agreements on a competitive 

25 basis for commercial-scale demonstration projects 


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1 for end-use applications of hydrogen and other au2 thorized projects, as described in paragraph (5). 

3 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANT OR COOPERATIVE

4 AGREEMENT.—The amount of a grant or cooperative 

5 agreement provided to an eligible entity under this 

6 subsection shall be not more than $400,000,000. 

7 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

8 or cooperative agreement to conduct a demonstra9 tion project or other authorized project under this 

10 subsection shall submit to the Secretary an applica11 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing 

12 such information as the Secretary may require, in13 cluding a description of the manner in which the 

14 project— 

15 ‘‘(A) will contribute to the reduction of 

16 greenhouse gas emissions at the applicable facil17 ity; and 

18 ‘‘(B) in the case of a project for industrial 

19 end-use application that already uses hydrogen 

20 at scale, will reduce or avoid emissions of green21 house gases. 

22 ‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATIONS.—In providing a 

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1 cant and application under paragraph (3) with 

2 respect to— 

3 ‘‘(i) the financial strength of the ap4 plicant; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the proposed construction sched6 ule; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the market risk of the tech8 nology that the applicant seeks to dem9 onstrate, as applicable; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) the contractor history of the ap11 plicant. 

12 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In providing a grant or 

13 cooperative agreement under this subsection, 

14 the Secretary shall give priority to projects that 

15 will provide greater net impact in avoiding or 

16 reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. 

17 ‘‘(C) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In pro18 viding a grant or cooperative agreement under 

19 this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the max20 imum extent practicable, provide a grant or co21 operative agreement for projects that— 

22 ‘‘(i) represent a variety of end uses of 

23 hydrogen; 

24 ‘‘(ii) will use at least 50 percent hy25 drogen blends by volume; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) demonstrate existing or planned 

2 regional availability of hydrogen; 

3 ‘‘(iv) will generate the greatest benefit 

4 to low-income or disadvantaged commu5 nities; and 

6 ‘‘(v) will maximize creation or reten7 tion of domestic jobs and provide the high8 est job quality. 

9 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—A grant or co10 operative agreement provided under this subsection 

11 may be used— 

12 ‘‘(A) to carry out demonstration projects 

13 for end uses of hydrogen; 

14 ‘‘(B) to construct a new commercial-scale 

15 facility that will use hydrogen as a fuel or feed16 stock; or 

17 ‘‘(C) to retool, retrofit, or expand an exist18 ing facility determined to be qualified by the 

19 Secretary to enable use of hydrogen as a fuel or 

20 feedstock in industrial end-use applications of 

21 hydrogen, including at multiple points within a 

22 larger facility. 

23 ‘‘(6) REQUIREMENTS.—A demonstration project 

24 receiving a grant or cooperative agreement under 

25 this subsection shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) use technologies that have completed 

2 pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as deter3 mined by the Secretary; 

4 ‘‘(B) on completion, demonstrate hydrogen 

5 technologies used by heavy industry; and 

6 ‘‘(C) conduct hydrogen leakage monitoring, 

7 reporting, and verification programs and leak 

8 detection and repair programs. 

9 ‘‘(7) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share 

10 of the cost of a demonstration project carried out 

11 using a grant or cooperative agreement under this 

12 subsection shall be not less than 50 percent. 

13 ‘‘(8) ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STUDIES.— 

14 The Secretary may fund front-end engineering and 

15 design studies in addition to, or in advance of, pro16 viding a grant or cooperative agreement for a dem17 onstration project or other authorized project under 

18 this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.—No technology, or level of 

20 emission reduction, shall be treated as adequately dem21 onstrated for purposes of section 111 of the Clean Air Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for purposes of best available 

23 control technologies (as defined in section 169 of that Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 7479)), or achievable in practice for purposes 

25 of the terms defined in section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 


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1 7501) solely by reason of the identification of that tech2 nology or level of emission reduction in programs estab3 lished under this Act. 

4 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

6 out the Program $1,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

7 years 2025 through 2029, to remain available until ex8 pended.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

10 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 

11 119 Stat. 600) is amended by inserting after the item re12 lating to section 969D the following: 

‘‘Sec. 969E. Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Demonstration Program.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 

16 the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Trans17 portation shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress a 

18 report describing the results of a study— 

19 (1) to examine the potential for emissions re20 ductions at industrial facilities through hydrogen ap21 plications, including— 

22 (A) the potential use of levelized cost of 

23 carbon abatement, or a similar metric, in ana24 lyzing industrial uses of hydrogen; and 


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1 (B) the feasibility and impact of incor2 porating levelized cost of carbon abatement to 

3 compare the costs of technology options to re4 duce emissions across a range of industrial ap5 plications; 

6 (2) to fully address existing challenges with re7 spect to ensuring the safe use and handling of hy8 drogen and hydrogen-based fuels and blends in in9 dustrial systems, including health and environmental 

10 impacts associated with the leakage of hydrogen and 

11 hydrogen carriers; 

12 (3) to identify and evaluate the feasibility, safe13 ty, and best practices of the use of hydrogen and 

14 ammonia as industrial fuel and feedstock, including 

15 ways that current procedures, training, and handoffs 

16 with supply chain partners should be augmented to 

17 ensure safety for workers and neighboring commu18 nities; 

19 (4) to examine the feasibility of blending in20 creasing levels of hydrogen with natural gas to sup21 plement process heat requirements; 

22 (5) to examine the environmental impacts of 

23 hydrogen combustion in hydrogen-fueled gas tur24 bines as pure hydrogen or at different ratios if used 

25 in blended fuel; and 


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1 (6) to identify and evaluate considerations for 

2 transport and storage of hydrogen and hydrogen 

3 carriers for use at industrial facilities. 

4 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study under 

5 subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 

6 of Commerce shall— 

7 (1) take into account lessons learned from dem8 onstration projects in other industries and projects 

9 in other countries; and 

10 (2) evaluate the applicability of the lessons de11 scribed in paragraph (1) to the use of hydrogen in 

12 industrial applications. 

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