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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1395 
To provide for the establishment of research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application programs for fuel cell and hydrogen produc-
tion, delivery, and storage technologies for transportation and stationary 
applications. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2003 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application programs for 
fuel cell and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage 
technologies for transportation and stationary applica-
tions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CORE FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION 
AND STATIONARY POWER GENERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication program for fuel cell technologies for transpor-
tation and stationary applications with the following goals: 
(1) Reducing the production cost of hydrogen 
or gasoline fueled vehicle fuel cell power systems (in-
cluding hydrogen storage costs) to $45 per kilowatt 
in 2010 at production levels of 500,000 units per 
year. 
(2) Increasing the electrical efficiency of nat-
ural gas or propane fueled stationary fuel cell sys-
tems to 40 percent in 2010. 
(3) Validating solutions to the performance and 
vehicle interface issues of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles 
to demonstrate an increase in durability in a vehicle 
fleet of such fuel cells to 2000 hours by 2008. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program author-
ized under this section shall include elements that focus 
on achieving low cost, high-efficiency, fuel flexible, mod-
ular fuel cell power systems, improved manufacturing pro-
duction and processes, high-temperature membranes, cost 
effective fuel processing for natural gas, fuel cell stack and 
system reliability and durability, and freeze/cold start ca-
pability. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section—
(1) $78,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(5) $122,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 2. HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication program for hydrogen technologies with the fol-
lowing goals: 
(1) Developing and demonstrating distributed 
hydrogen generation technology that will reduce the 
cost (before taxes) of producing hydrogen from nat-
ural gas, when produced in large quantities, to $1.50 
per gallon of gasoline equivalent at fueling stations 
in 2010. 
(2) Developing and demonstrating hydrogen 
production from renewable energy resources at a 
cost of $2.60 per kilogram in 2008, using biomass- 
based production. 
(3) Developing and validating a hydrogen stor-
age technology with— 
(A) specific energy of 2.0 kilowatt hours 
per kilogram (6 weight percent capacity), and
energy density of 1.5 kilowatt hours per liter by 
2010; and 
(B) specific energy of 3.0 kilowatt hours 
per kilogram (9 weight percent capacity), and 
energy density of 2.7 kilowatt hours per liter by 
2015. 
(4) Validating a projected cost of $3.00 per gal-
lon gasoline equivalent at fueling stations, using in-
frastructure and vehicle interface technologies, by 
2008. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) draft technical specifications for an inter-
national agreement on a global technology regulation 
for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure; 
(2) educate key target audiences, including stu-
dents and teachers, local and State government rep-
resentatives, and large scale end users, on the con-
cept of a hydrogen economy and how it may affect 
them; 
(3) initiate tests of prototype hydrogen-from- 
gas production technologies and award projects for 
hydrogen production and capture of associated car-
bon dioxide;
(4) initiate a hydrogen-from-coal initiative and 
identify appropriate institutions to establish the fea-
sibility of emerging alternate coal-based hydrogen 
technologies, investigate advanced separation tech-
nologies, and utilize a combination of experimental 
and advanced computational methods to determine 
optimal reaction chemistries for producing hydrogen- 
from-coal-derived fuels; and 
(5) initiate a nuclear hydrogen initiative to de-
velop and demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear en-
ergy for the large-scale, emission-free production of 
hydrogen. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section— 
(1) $104,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(5) $186,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 3. MERIT REVIEW OF PROPOSALS. 
Awards of funds authorized under this Act shall be 
made only after an impartial review of the scientific and 
technical merit of the proposals for such awards has been 
carried out by or for the Department of Energy.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
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