Policy or his designee, with representatives from each of 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The Department of Energy. 
‘‘(2) The Department of Transportation. 
‘‘(3) The Department of State. 
‘‘(4) The Department of Defense. 
‘‘(5) The Department of Commerce (including 
the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology). 
‘‘(6) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(7) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(8) Other Federal agencies as the Director de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The interagency task 
force shall work toward development of—
‘‘(A) a safe, economical, and environ-
mentally sound hydrogen infrastructure; 
‘‘(B) uniform hydrogen codes, standards, 
and safety protocols; 
‘‘(C) fuel cells in government applications, 
including portable, stationary, and transpor-
tation applications; and
‘‘(D) vehicle hydrogen fuel system integrity 
safety performance. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The interagency task force 
may organize workshops and conferences, may issue 
publications, and may create databases to carry out 
its duties. The interagency task force shall—
‘‘(A) foster the exchange of generic, non-
proprietary information and technology among 
industry, academia, and government; 
‘‘(B) develop and maintain an inventory 
and assessment of hydrogen, fuel cells, and 
other advanced technologies, including the com-
mercial capability of each technology for the 
economic and environmentally safe production, 
distribution, delivery, storage, and use of hydro-
gen; 
‘‘(C) integrate technical and other informa-
tion made available as a result of the programs 
and activities under this Act;
‘‘(D) promote the marketplace introduction 
of infrastructure for hydrogen-powered fuel cell 
vehicles; and 
‘‘(E) conduct an education program to pro-
vide hydrogen and fuel cell information to po-
tential end-users in coordination with the pro-
gram under section 106. 
‘‘(c) AGENCY COOPERATION.—The heads of all agen-
cies, including those whose agencies are not represented 
on the interagency task force, shall cooperate with and 
furnish information to the interagency task force and the 
Department. 
‘‘SEC. 108. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Hydrogen Technical 
and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee shall be established to 
advise the Secretary on the programs and activities under 
this Act. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) MEMBERS.—The Secretary shall appoint 
not fewer than 12 nor more than 25 members. The 
Secretary shall appoint members to represent domes-
tic industry, academia, professional societies, govern-
ment agencies, and financial, environmental, and 
other appropriate organizations based on the Sec-
retary’s assessment of the technical and other quali-
fications of committee members and the needs of the 
Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—The term of a member of the 
Advisory Committee shall be not more than three 
years. The Secretary may appoint members of the
Advisory Committee in a manner that allows the 
terms of the members serving at any time to expire 
at spaced intervals so as to ensure continuity in the 
functioning of the Advisory Committee. A member of 
the Advisory Committee whose term is expiring may 
be reappointed. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chair of the Advi-
sory Committee shall be a member of the Advisory 
Committee, elected by the members from among 
their number. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW.—(1) The Advisory Committee shall re-
view and make recommendations to the Secretary in a bi-
ennial report on—
‘‘(A) the implementation of programs and ac-
tivities under this Act; and 
‘‘(B) the safety, economical, environmental, and 
other consequences of technologies for the produc-
tion, distribution, delivery, storage, or use of hydro-
gen and fuel cells. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall transmit the report under 
this subsection to the Congress along with a description 
of how the Secretary has implemented or plans to imple-
ment the recommendations, or an explanation of the rea-
sons that a recommendation will not be implemented. The
report shall be transmitted along with the President’s 
budget proposal. 
‘‘(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall provide resources necessary in the judgment 
of the Secretary for the Advisory Committee to carry out 
its responsibilities under this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 109. EXTERNAL REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) PLAN.—The Secretary shall enter into an ar-
rangement with a competitively selected nongovernmental 
entity, such as the National Academy of Sciences, to re-
view the plan prepared under section 105. The Secretary 
shall transmit the review to the Congress along with a plan 
to implement the review’s recommendations or an expla-
nation of the reasons that a recommendation will not be 
implemented. 
‘‘(b) BIENNIAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an arrangement with a competitively selected non-
governmental entity, such as the National Academy of 
Sciences, under which the entity will review the program 
under sections 103 and 104 every other year, beginning 
two years after the date of enactment of the George E. 
Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act 
of 2003. The entity shall review the research priorities, 
technical milestones, and plans for technology transfer and 
evaluate the progress toward achieving them. The Sec-
retary shall transmit each review to the Congress along 
with a plan to implement the review’s recommendations 
or an explanation for the reasons that a recommendation 
will not be implemented. 
‘‘SEC. 110. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the activities of this Act in a manner that avoids unneces-
sary duplication or displacement of, or competition with 
private sector activities. 
‘‘(b) OTHER GOVERNMENTS.—In carrying out this 
Act, the Secretary may enter into cost-sharing agreements 
with Federal, State, or local governments to demonstrate 
applications using hydrogen and fuel cells. 
‘‘(c) REPRESENTATION.—The Department may rep-
resent the United States interests with respect to activities 
and programs under this Act, in coordination with the De-
partment of Transportation, the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, and other relevant Federal 
agencies, before governments and nongovernmental orga-
nizations including—
‘‘(1) other Federal, State, regional, and local 
governments and their representatives; 
‘‘(2) industry and its representatives, including 
members of the energy and transportation indus-
tries; and