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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7065 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to support 
hydrogen-fueled equipment at ports and to conduct a study with the 
Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
on the feasibility and safety of using hydrogen-derived fuels, including 
ammonia, as a shipping fuel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2022 
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant 
program to support hydrogen-fueled equipment at ports 
and to conduct a study with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation and the Secretary of Homeland Security on the 
feasibility and safety of using hydrogen-derived fuels, 
including ammonia, as a shipping fuel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hydrogen for Ports 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. MARITIME MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an entity described in subsection (d). 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(3) LOW-INCOME OR DISADVANTAGED COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘low-income or disadvantaged 
community’’ means a community (including a city, a 
town, a county, and any reasonably isolated and di-
visible segment of a larger municipality) with an an-
nual median household income that is less than 100 
percent of the statewide annual median household 
income for the State in which the community is lo-
cated, according to the most recent decennial census. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the program established under subsection (b). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 
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a program under which the Secretary shall provide grants, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for— 
(1) the purchase, installation, construction, fa-
cilitation, maintenance, or operation of, as appro-
priate— 
(A) hydrogen- or ammonia-fueled cargo- 
handling equipment, including, at a minimum, 
equipment used for drayage applications; 
(B) hydrogen fuel cell or ammonia-fueled 
trucks for use at ports; 
(C) hydrogen fuel cell or ammonia-fueled 
ferries, tugboats, dredging vessels, container 
ships, bulk carriers, fuel tankers, and other ma-
rine vessels; 
(D) hydrogen fuel cell-based shore power 
for ships while docked at the port; 
(E) hydrogen fuel cell or ammonia onsite 
power plants; and 
(F) port infrastructure for hydrogen or 
ammonia import, export, storage, and fueling; 
and 
(2) the training of ship crew and shore per-
sonnel to handle hydrogen or ammonia. 
(c) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall be— 
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