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Union Calendar No. 254 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5143 
[Report No. 109–456] 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achieve-
ments in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with 
hydrogen energy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
WAMP, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. WYNN, Mr. DENT, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, and Mr. TERRY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Science 
MAY 9, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ISSA, Mr. BARRETT
of South Carolina, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. JOHNSON 
of Connecticut, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. WICKER, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Ms. LORET-
TA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois 
MAY 9, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 6, 2006] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish monetary 
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prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and tech-
nical barriers associated with hydrogen energy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘H-Prize Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTERING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘admin-
istering entity’’ means the entity with which the Sec-
retary enters into an agreement under section 3(c). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 3. PRIZE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program to competitively award cash prizes only in con-
formity with this Act to advance the research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application of hydrogen en-
ergy technologies. 
(b) ADVERTISING
AND SOLICITATION
OF COMPETI-
TORS.— 
(1) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary shall widely 
advertise prize competitions to encourage broad par-
ticipation, including by individuals, universities (in-
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cluding historically Black colleges and universities 
and other minority serving institutions), and large 
and small businesses (including businesses owned or 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
persons). 
(2) ANNOUNCEMENT
THROUGH
FEDERAL
REG-
ISTER NOTICE.—The Secretary shall announce each 
prize competition by publishing a notice in the Fed-
eral Register. This notice shall include the subject of 
the competition, the duration of the competition, the 
eligibility requirements for participation in the com-
petition, the process for participants to register for 
the competition, the amount of the prize, and the cri-
teria for awarding the prize. 
(c) ADMINISTERING THE COMPETITIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall enter into an agreement with a private, non-
profit entity to administer the prize competitions, subject 
to the provisions of this Act. The duties of the administering 
entity under the agreement shall include— 
(1) advertising prize competitions and their re-
sults; 
(2) raising funds from private entities and indi-
viduals to pay for administrative costs and to con-
tribute to cash prizes; 
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(3) working with the Secretary to develop the 
criteria for selecting winners in prize competitions, 
based on goals provided by the Secretary; 
(4) determining, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, the appropriate amount for each prize to be 
awarded under section 4(b)(3); and 
(5) selecting judges in accordance with section 
4(d), using criteria developed in consultation with the 
Secretary. 
(d) FUNDING SOURCES.—Prizes under this Act may 
consist of Federal appropriated funds and funds provided 
by the administering entity (including funds raised pursu-
ant to subsection (c)(2)) for such cash prizes. The Secretary 
may accept funds from other Federal agencies for such cash 
prizes. The Secretary may not give any special consider-
ation to any private sector entity or individual in return 
for a donation to the administering entity. 
(e) ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZES.—The Secretary may 
not issue a notice required by subsection (b)(2) until all 
the funds needed to pay out the announced amount of the 
prize have been appropriated or committed in writing by 
the administering entity. The Secretary may increase the 
amount of a prize after an initial announcement is made 
under subsection (b)(2) if— 
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(1) notice of the increase is provided in the same 
manner as the initial notice of the prize; and 
(2) the funds needed to pay out the announced 
amount of the increase have been appropriated or 
committed in writing by the administering entity. 
(f) SUNSET.—The authority to announce prize com-
petitions under this Act shall terminate on September 30, 
2017. 
SEC. 4. PRIZE CATEGORIES. 
(a) CATEGORIES.—The Secretary shall establish prizes 
for— 
(1) advancements in components or systems re-
lated to— 
(A) hydrogen production; 
(B) hydrogen storage; 
(C) hydrogen distribution; and 
(D) hydrogen utilization; 
(2) prototypes of hydrogen-powered vehicles or 
other hydrogen-based products that best meet or exceed 
objective performance criteria, such as completion of 
a race over a certain distance or terrain or genera-
tion of energy at certain levels of efficiency; and 
(3) transformational changes in technologies for 
the distribution or production of hydrogen that meet 
or exceed far-reaching objective criteria, which shall 
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