consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall es-
tablish a grant program under which the Secretary 
shall provide grants to eligible entities to assist the 
eligible entities in funding capital projects to pur-
chase heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles and related equip-
ment, including hydrogen fueling stations. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under the program, an entity shall 
be— 
(A) a private heavy-duty truck fleet owner 
with high duty cycle operations; 
(B) an operator with a ‘‘return to base’’ 
mode that requires refueling primarily at a sin-
gle station, including an airport, a delivery 
warehouse, and a shipping port; 
(C) an independent owner-operator; 
(D) a public hydrogen fueling station de-
veloper or operator; 
(E) a Federal, State, or local agency that 
owns, operates, leases, or otherwise controls a 
fleet of public vehicles; or 
(F) a partnership of 1 or more entities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E). 
(3) APPLICATIONS.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), an eligible entity desiring a grant 
under the program shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy, may require. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—If an eligible entity 
desiring a grant under the program intends to 
use the grant for only 1 of the uses described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 
(d)(1), the eligible entity shall include in the 
application under subparagraph (A) a descrip-
tion of— 
(i) if the grant is to be used only for 
the use described in subparagraph (A) of 
subsection (d)(1), the availability of not 
fewer than 1 hydrogen fueling station that 
can be used by heavy-duty fuel cell vehi-
cles; 
(ii) if the grant is to be used only for 
the use described in subparagraph (B) of 
subsection (d)(1), the availability of not 
fewer than 10 heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles 
that— 
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(I) use hydrogen as a fuel source; 
and 
(II) will use 1 or more hydrogen 
fueling stations demonstrated using 
the grant; and 
(iii) the means by which the project of 
the eligible entity will expand the demand 
for and use of any existing infrastructure. 
(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting eligible en-
tities to receive a grant under the program, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, 
shall— 
(A) take into account whether the eligible 
entity has the potential to expand the use of hy-
drogen demonstrated by the eligible entity using 
the grant to other applications within the region 
in which the eligible entity operates; and 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable— 
(i) select eligible entities operating in 
different regions of the United States— 
(I) to demonstrate different types 
of fleet operations, such as fleet oper-
ations with differing local hydrogen 
supplies, climate conditions, route 
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