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(b) EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.—The Secretary shall support edu-
cational efforts by organizations and agencies described in sub-
section (a) to share information, including information relating to 
best practices, among those organizations and agencies. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(6) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2020. 
SEC. 810. DISCLOSURE. 
Section 623 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13293) 
shall apply to any project carried out through a grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract under this title. 
SEC. 811. REPORTS. 
(a) SECRETARY.—Subject to subsection (c), not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, and triennially there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing— 
(1) activities carried out by the Department under this 
title, for hydrogen and fuel cell technology; 
(2) measures the Secretary has taken during the preceding 
3 years to support the transition of primary industry (or a 
related industry) to a fully commercialized hydrogen economy; 
(3) any change made to the strategy relating to hydrogen 
and fuel cell technology to reflect the results of a learning 
demonstrations; 
(4) progress, including progress in infrastructure, made 
toward achieving the goal of producing and deploying not less 
than— 
(A) 100,000 hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United 
States by 2010; and 
(B) 2,500,000 hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United 
States by 2020; 
(5) progress made toward achieving the goal of supplying 
hydrogen at a sufficient number of fueling stations in the 
United States by 2010 including by integrating— 
(A) hydrogen activities; and 
(B) associated targets and timetables for the develop-
ment of hydrogen technologies; 
(6) any problem relating to the design, execution, or funding 
of a program under this title; 
(7) progress made toward and goals achieved in carrying 
out this title and updates to the developmental roadmap, 
including the results of the reviews conducted by the National 
Academy of Sciences under subsection (b) for the fiscal years 
covered by the report; and 
(8) any updates to strategic plans that are necessary to 
meet the goals described in paragraph (4). 
(b) EXTERNAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which 
the Academy will review the programs under sections 805 and 
808 every fourth year following the date of enactment of this Act. 
The Academy’s review shall include the program priorities and
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technical milestones, and evaluate the progress toward achieving 
them. The first review shall be completed not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. Not later than 45 days 
after receiving the review, the Secretary shall transmit the review 
to Congress along with a plan to implement the review’s rec-
ommendations or an explanation for the reasons that a rec-
ommendation will not be implemented. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2020. 
SEC. 812. SOLAR AND WIND TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provi-
sions in this title related to solar energy technologies and 
for implementing the recommendations related to solar energy 
technologies that are included in the report transmitted under 
subsection (e); 
(2) provide for the establishment of 5 projects in geographic 
areas that are regionally and climatically diverse to dem-
onstrate the production of hydrogen at solar energy facilities, 
including one demonstration project at a National Laboratory 
or institution of higher education; 
(3) establish a program— 
(A) to develop optimized concentrating solar power 
devices that may be used for the production of both elec-
tricity and hydrogen; and 
(B) to evaluate the use of thermochemical cycles for 
hydrogen production at the temperatures attainable with 
concentrating solar power devices; 
(4) coordinate with activities sponsored by the Depart-
ment’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology on 
high-temperature materials, thermochemical cycles, and eco-
nomic issues related to solar energy; 
(5) provide for the construction and operation of new con-
centrating solar power devices or solar power cogeneration 
facilities that produce hydrogen either concurrently with, or 
independently of, the production of electricity; 
(6) support existing facilities and programs of study related 
to concentrating solar power devices; and 
(7) establish a program— 
(A) to develop methods that use electricity from photo-
voltaic devices for the onsite production of hydrogen, such 
that no intermediate transmission or distribution infra-
structure is required or used and future demand growth 
may be accommodated; 
(B) to evaluate the economics of small-scale electrolysis 
for hydrogen production; and 
(C) to study the potential of modular photovoltaic 
devices for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure, 
the security implications of a hydrogen infrastructure, and 
the benefits potentially derived from a hydrogen infrastruc-
ture. 
(b) WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provi-
sions in this title related to wind energy technologies and 
for implementing the recommendations related to wind energy