‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of the Clean Hydrogen 
Energy Act, and not less frequently than once every 
4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct, and 
make available to the public and the relevant com-
mittees of Congress, an independent review of the 
progress of the projects carried out through grants 
awarded, or contracts, cooperative agreements, or 
other agreements entered into, under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) CLEAN HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY RECYCLING 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-
grams established under sections 805 and 813, the 
Secretary shall award multiyear grants to, and enter 
into contracts, cooperative agreements, or any other 
agreements authorized under this Act or other Fed-
eral law with, eligible entities for research, develop-
ment, and demonstration projects to create innova-
tive and practical approaches to increase the reuse 
and recycling of clean hydrogen technologies, includ-
ing by— 
‘‘(A) increasing the efficiency and cost-ef-
fectiveness of the recovery of raw materials 
from clean hydrogen technology components 
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and systems, including enabling technologies 
such as electrolyzers and fuel cells; 
‘‘(B) minimizing environmental impacts 
from the recovery and disposal processes; 
‘‘(C) addressing any barriers to the re-
search, development, demonstration, and com-
mercialization of technologies and processes for 
the disassembly and recycling of devices used 
for clean hydrogen production, processing, de-
livery, storage, and use; 
‘‘(D) developing alternative materials, de-
signs, manufacturing processes, and other as-
pects of clean hydrogen technologies; 
‘‘(E) developing alternative disassembly 
and resource recovery processes that enable effi-
cient, cost-effective, and environmentally re-
sponsible disassembly of, and resource recovery 
from, clean hydrogen technologies; and 
‘‘(F) developing strategies to increase con-
sumer acceptance of, and participation in, the 
recycling of fuel cells. 
‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS.—The Sec-
retary shall make available to the public and the rel-
evant committees of Congress the results of the 
projects carried out through grants awarded, or con-
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tracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements 
entered into, under paragraph (1), including any 
educational and outreach materials developed by the 
projects. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
‘‘SEC. 816. CLEAN HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELECTROLYSIS.—The term ‘electrolysis’ 
means a process that uses electricity to split water 
into hydrogen and oxygen. 
‘‘(2) ELECTROLYZER.—The term ‘electrolyzer’ 
means a system that produces hydrogen using elec-
trolysis. 
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the program established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, 
the Secretary shall establish a research, development, 
demonstration, commercialization, and deployment pro-
gram for purposes of commercialization to improve the ef-
ficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of 
producing clean hydrogen using electrolyzers. 
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‘‘(c) GOALS.—The goals of the program are— 
‘‘(1) to reduce the cost of hydrogen produced 
using electrolyzers to less than $2 per kilogram of 
hydrogen by 2026; and 
‘‘(2) any other goals the Secretary determines 
are appropriate. 
‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In carrying out 
the program, the Secretary shall fund demonstration 
projects— 
‘‘(1) to demonstrate technologies that produce 
clean hydrogen using electrolyzers; and 
‘‘(2) to validate information on the cost, effi-
ciency, durability, and feasibility of commercial de-
ployment of the technologies described in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(e) FOCUS.—The program shall focus on research 
relating to, and the development, demonstration, and de-
ployment of— 
‘‘(1) low-temperature electrolyzers, including 
liquid-alkaline electrolyzers, membrane-based electro-
lyzers, and other advanced electrolyzers, capable of 
converting intermittent sources of electric power to 
clean hydrogen with enhanced efficiency and dura-
bility; 
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‘‘(2) high-temperature electrolyzers that com-
bine electricity and heat to improve the efficiency of 
clean hydrogen production; 
‘‘(3) advanced reversible fuel cells that combine 
the functionality of an electrolyzer and a fuel cell; 
‘‘(4) new highly active, selective, and durable 
electrolyzer catalysts and electro-catalysts that— 
‘‘(A) greatly reduce or eliminate the need 
for platinum group metals; and 
‘‘(B) enable electrolysis of complex mix-
tures with impurities, including seawater; 
‘‘(5) modular electrolyzers for distributed en-
ergy systems and the bulk-power system (as defined 
in section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o(a))); 
‘‘(6) low-cost membranes or electrolytes and 
separation materials that are durable in the presence 
of impurities or seawater; 
‘‘(7) improved component design and material 
integration, including with respect to electrodes, po-
rous transport layers and bipolar plates, and bal-
ance-of-system components, to allow for scale-up and 
domestic manufacturing of electrolyzers at a high 
volume; 
‘‘(8) clean hydrogen storage technologies; 
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‘‘SEC. 817. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Energy Tech-
nology Laboratory shall be the lead National Laboratory 
for purposes of carrying out the programs established 
under sections 813, 815, and 816. 
‘‘(b) COLLABORATION; CLEARINGHOUSE.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the National Energy Technology 
Laboratory shall— 
‘‘(1) collaborate with— 
‘‘(A) other National Laboratories; 
‘‘(B) institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(C) research institutes; 
‘‘(D) industrial researchers; and 
‘‘(E) international researchers; and 
‘‘(2) act as a clearinghouse to collect informa-
tion from, and distribute information to, the Na-
tional Laboratories and other entities described in 
subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 6. CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION QUALIFICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16151 et seq.) (as amended by section 5(1)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 822. CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION QUALIFICA-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, 
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the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency and after taking 
into account input from industry and other stakeholders, 
as determined by the Secretary, shall develop an initial 
standard for the carbon intensity of clean hydrogen pro-
duction that shall apply to activities carried out under this 
title. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The standard developed 
under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(A) support clean hydrogen production 
from each source described in section 805(e)(2); 
‘‘(B) define the term ‘clean hydrogen’ to 
mean hydrogen produced with a carbon inten-
sity equal to or less than 2 kilograms of carbon 
dioxide-equivalent produced at the site of pro-
duction per kilogram of hydrogen produced; and 
‘‘(C) take into consideration technological 
and economic feasibility. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Not later than the date 
that is 5 years after the date on which the Secretary 
develops the standard under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and after taking 
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into account input from industry and other stake-
holders, as determined by the Secretary, shall— 
‘‘(A) determine whether the definition of 
clean hydrogen required under paragraph 
(1)(B) should be adjusted below the standard 
described in that paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines the ad-
justment described in subparagraph (A) is ap-
propriate, carry out the adjustment. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—The standard developed under 
subsection (a) shall apply to clean hydrogen production 
from renewable, fossil fuel with carbon capture, utiliza-
tion, and sequestration technologies, nuclear, and other 
fuel sources using any applicable production technology.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
58; 119 Stat. 599) is amended by striking the items relat-
ing to sections 813 through 816 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 813. Regional clean hydrogen hubs. 
‘‘Sec. 814. National clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap. 
‘‘Sec. 815. Clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling. 
‘‘Sec. 816. Clean hydrogen electrolysis program. 
‘‘Sec. 817. Laboratory management. 
‘‘Sec. 818. Technology transfer 
‘‘Sec. 819. Miscellaneous provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 820. Cost sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 821. Savings clause. 
‘‘Sec. 822. Clean hydrogen production qualifications.’’. 
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