‘‘(5) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—Grant amounts 
provided under this subsection may be used— 
‘‘(A) to carry out demonstration projects 
for end uses of hydrogen; 
‘‘(B) to construct a new commercial-scale 
facility that will use hydrogen as a fuel or feed-
stock; or 
‘‘(C) to retool, retrofit, or expand an exist-
ing facility determined to be qualified by the 
Secretary to enable use of hydrogen as a fuel or 
feedstock in industrial end-use applications of 
hydrogen, including at multiple points within a 
larger facility. 
‘‘(6) REQUIREMENTS.—A demonstration project 
receiving a grant under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) use technologies that have completed 
pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) on completion, demonstrate hydrogen 
technologies used by heavy industry; and 
‘‘(C) conduct hydrogen leakage monitoring, 
reporting, and verification programs and leak 
detection and repair programs. 
‘‘(7) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of a demonstration project carried out 
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using a grant under this subsection shall be not less 
than 20 percent. 
‘‘(8) ENGINEERING
AND
DESIGN
STUDIES.— 
The Secretary may fund front-end engineering and 
design studies in addition to, or in advance of, pro-
viding a grant for a demonstration project or other 
authorized project under this subsection. 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.—No technology, or level of 
emission reduction, shall be treated as adequately dem-
onstrated for purposes of section 111 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for purposes of best available 
control technologies (as defined in section 169 of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7479)), or achievable in practice for purposes 
of the terms defined in section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
7501) solely by reason of the identification of that tech-
nology or level of emission reduction in programs estab-
lished under this Act. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the Program $1,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 
119 Stat. 600) is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 969D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 969E. Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Grant Program.’’. 
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SEC. 3. STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress a 
report describing the results of a study— 
(1) to examine the potential for emissions re-
ductions at industrial facilities through hydrogen ap-
plications, including— 
(A) the potential use of levelized cost of 
carbon abatement, or a similar metric, in ana-
lyzing industrial uses of hydrogen; and 
(B) the feasibility and impact of incor-
porating levelized cost of carbon abatement to 
compare the costs of technology options to re-
duce emissions across a range of industrial ap-
plications; 
(2) to fully address existing challenges with re-
spect to ensuring the safe use and handling of hy-
drogen and hydrogen-based fuels in industrial sys-
tems, including health and environmental impacts 
associated with the leakage of hydrogen and hydro-
gen carriers; 
(3) to identify and evaluate the feasibility, safe-
ty, and best practices of the use of hydrogen and 
ammonia as industrial fuel and feedstock; 
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(4) to examine the feasibility of blending in-
creasing levels of hydrogen with natural gas to sup-
plement process heat requirements; 
(5) to examine the environmental impacts of 
hydrogen combustion in hydrogen-fueled gas tur-
bines as pure hydrogen or at different ratios if used 
in blended fuel; and 
(6) to identify and evaluate considerations for 
transport and storage of hydrogen and hydrogen 
carriers, including— 
(A) at industrial facilities; 
(B) in salt caverns, hard rock caverns, and 
other dedicated geological storage systems; and 
(C) in pipelines. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
of Commerce shall— 
(1) take into account lessons learned from dem-
onstration projects in other industries and projects 
in other countries; and 
(2) evaluate the applicability of the lessons de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to the use of hydrogen in 
industrial applications. 
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