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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3196

To reauthorize and amend the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research,

Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 12 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BAYH, Mr.

REID, and Mr. INOUYE) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To reauthorize and amend the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of

1990, 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 ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr.

5 Hydrogen Future Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

7 Section 102(b)(2) of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydro8 gen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of

9 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12401(b)(2)) is amended by striking
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1 ‘‘among the Federal agencies and aerospace, transpor2 tation, energy, and other entities’’ and inserting ‘‘, includ3 ing education, among the Federal agencies and industry,

4 transportation entities, energy entities, and other enti5 ties’’.

6 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

7 Section 103 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen

8 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

9 (42 U.S.C. 12402) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1999,’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘2003,’’;

12 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1)

13 and inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(1) an analysis of hydrogen-related activities

15 throughout the United States Government to iden16 tify productive areas for increased intergovernmental

17 collaboration; and’’; and

18 (3) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report under subsection

20 (a) shall—

21 ‘‘(1) be based on a comprehensive coordination

22 plan for hydrogen energy prepared by the Depart23 ment with other Federal agencies; and

24 ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, include State and

25 local activities.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

2 Section 106 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen

3 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

4 (42 U.S.C. 12405) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (b)—

6 (A) in the first sentence—

7 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an

8 inventory’’ and inserting ‘‘an update of the

9 inventory’’; and

10 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting

11 ‘‘other Federal agencies as appropriate,’’

12 before ‘‘and industry’’; and

13 (B) by striking the second and third sen14 tences; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROGRAM ACTIVI17 TIES.—The information exchange program under sub18 section (b)—

19 ‘‘(1) may consist of workshops, publications,

20 conferences, and a database for the use by the public

21 and private sectors; and

22 ‘‘(2) shall foster the exchange of generic, non23 proprietary information and technology, developed

24 under this Act, among industry, academia, and the

25 Federal Government, to help the United States econ-
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1 omy attain the economic benefits of the information

2 and technology.’’.

3 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL PANEL REVIEW.

4 Section 108(d) of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen

5 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

6 (42 U.S.C. 12407(d)) is amended—

7 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by

8 striking ‘‘the following items’’;

9 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

10 end;

11 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

13 (4) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(3) the plan developed by the interagency task

15 force under section 202(b) of the Hydrogen Future

16 Act of 1996.’’.

17 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 Section 109 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen

19 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

20 (42 U.S.C. 12408) is amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at

23 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following:

25 ‘‘(10) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
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1 ‘‘(11) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

2 ‘‘(12) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;

3 ‘‘(13) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and

4 ‘‘(14) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.’’.

5 SEC. 7. FUEL CELLS.

6 (a) INTEGRATION OF FUEL CELLS WITH HYDROGEN

7 PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.—Section 201(a) of the Hydrogen

8 Future Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12403 note; Public Law

9 104–271) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) Not later than 180 days

11 after the date of enactment of this section, and sub12 ject’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject’’;

13 and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘with—’’ and all that follows

15 and inserting ‘‘into Federal and State facilities for

16 stationary and transportation applications.’’.

17 (b) COOPERATIVE AND COST-SHARING AGREE18 MENTS; INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION.—

19 Title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.

20 12403 note; Public Law 104–271) is amended—

21 (1) by redesignating section 202 as section 205;

22 and

23 (2) by inserting after section 201 the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 202. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days

3 after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary

4 shall establish an interagency task force led by a Deputy

5 Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy and

6 comprised of representatives of—

7 ‘‘(1) the Office of Science and Technology Pol8 icy;

9 ‘‘(2) the Department of Transportation;

10 ‘‘(3) the Department of Defense;

11 ‘‘(4) the Department of Commerce (including

12 the National Institute for Standards and Tech13 nology);

14 ‘‘(5) the Environmental Protection Agency;

15 ‘‘(6) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad16 ministration; and

17 ‘‘(7) other agencies as appropriate.

18 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The task force shall de20 velop a plan for carrying out this title.

21 ‘‘(2) FOCUS OF PLAN.—The plan shall focus on

22 development and demonstration of integrated sys23 tems and components for—

24 ‘‘(A) hydrogen production, storage, and

25 use in Federal buildings;

26 ‘‘(B) power generation; and
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1 ‘‘(C) transportation systems.

2 ‘‘(3) PROJECTS.—The plan may provide for

3 projects to demonstrate the feasibility of—

4 ‘‘(A) hydrogen-based distributed power

5 systems;

6 ‘‘(B) systems for hydrogen-based genera7 tion of combined heat, power, and other prod8 ucts; and

9 ‘‘(C) hydrogen-based infrastructure for

10 transportation systems (including zero-emission

11 vehicles).’’.

12 ‘‘SEC. 203. COOPERATIVE AND COST-SHARING AGREE13 MENTS.

14 ‘‘The Secretary shall enter into cooperative and cost15 sharing agreements with Federal and State agencies for

16 participation by the agencies in demonstrations at sites

17 administered by the agencies, with the aim of replacing

18 commercially available systems based on fossil fuels with

19 systems using fuel cells.

20 ‘‘SEC. 204. INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

21 ‘‘The Secretary shall—

22 ‘‘(1) integrate all the technical information that

23 becomes available as a result of development and

24 demonstration projects under this title; and
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1 ‘‘(2) make the information available to all Fed2 eral and State agencies.’’.

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

4 205 of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.

5 12403 note; Public Law 104–271) (as redesignated by

6 subsection (b)) is amended by striking ‘‘this section, a

7 total of $50,000,000 for fiscal years 1997 and 1998, to

8 remain available until September 30, 1999’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘this title $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2002, 2003, and

10 2004, to remain available until September 30, 2005’’.

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