Title: Clean Hydrogen Energy Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Clean Hydrogen Energy Act
This bill sets forth provisions to advance the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of hydrogen gas that is produced in compliance with greenhouse gas emission standards established by this bill.
Specifically, the bill expands an existing hydrogen research and development program of the Department of Energy (DOE) established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. For example, the bill establishes a new program goal to demonstrate a standard of clean hydrogen production in the transportation (i.e., vehicles, locomotives, airplanes, and maritime vessels), utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors by 2040.
The bill also requires DOE to establish a program that supports the development of regional clean hydrogen hubs.
In carrying out those programs, DOE must award grants for research, development, and demonstration projects to advance new clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and use equipment manufacturing technologies and techniques.
DOE must also develop a technologically and economically feasible national strategy and road map to facilitate wide scale production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen.
In addition, DOE must establish a research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and deployment program to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing hydrogen using electrolyzers. Electrolyzers are systems that produce hydrogen using electrolysis, a process that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. In carrying out the program, DOE must award grants for projects that reduce the cost of hydrogen produced using electrolyzers as specified by the bill.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4909 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4909

 To accelerate research, development, demonstration, and deployment of 
      hydrogen from clean energy sources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2021

Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and 
  Mr. Lamb) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To accelerate research, development, demonstration, and deployment of 
      hydrogen from clean energy sources, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Hydrogen Energy Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) hydrogen plays a critical part in the comprehensive 
        energy portfolio of the United States;
            (2) the use of the hydrogen resources of the United 
        States--
                    (A) promotes energy security and resilience; and
                    (B) provides economic value and environmental 
                benefits for diverse applications across multiple 
                sectors of the economy; and
            (3) hydrogen can be produced from a variety of domestically 
        available clean energy sources, including--
                    (A) renewable energy resources, including biomass;
                    (B) fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilization, 
                and storage; and
                    (C) nuclear power.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to accelerate research, 
development, demonstration, and deployment of hydrogen from clean 
energy sources by--
            (1) providing a statutory definition for the term ``clean 
        hydrogen'';
            (2) establishing a clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap for 
        the United States;
            (3) establishing a clearing house for clean hydrogen 
        program information at the National Energy Technology 
        Laboratory;
            (4) developing a robust clean hydrogen supply chain and 
        workforce by prioritizing clean hydrogen demonstration projects 
        in major shale gas regions;
            (5) establishing regional clean hydrogen hubs; and
            (6) authorizing appropriations to carry out the Department 
        of Energy Hydrogen Program Plan, dated November 2020, developed 
        pursuant to title VIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
        U.S.C. 16151 et seq.).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     Section 803 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the paragraph designation 
        and heading and all that follows through ``when'' in the matter 
        preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Portable; storage.--The terms `portable' and 
        `storage', when'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
            ``(1) Clean hydrogen; hydrogen.--The terms `clean hydrogen' 
        and `hydrogen' mean hydrogen produced in compliance with the 
        greenhouse gas emissions standard established under section 
        822(a), including production from any fuel source.''.

SEC. 4. CLEAN HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 805 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S. 16154) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``programs'' and 
        inserting ``clean hydrogen research and development program'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``research and development 
                program'' and inserting ``crosscutting research and 
                development program (referred to in this section as the 
                `program')''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``processing,'' after 
                ``production,'';
            (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Goals.--The goals of the program shall be--
            ``(1) to advance research and development to demonstrate 
        and commercialize the use of clean hydrogen in the 
        transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and 
        residential sectors; and
            ``(2) to demonstrate a standard of clean hydrogen 
        production in the transportation, utility, industrial, 
        commercial, and residential sectors by 2040.'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``renewable fuels and 
        biofuels'' and inserting ``fossil fuels with carbon capture, 
        utilization, and sequestration, renewable fuels, biofuels, and 
        nuclear energy'';
            (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Activities.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary, in 
partnership with the private sector, shall conduct activities to 
advance and support--
            ``(1) the establishment of a series of technology cost 
        goals oriented toward achieving the standard of clean hydrogen 
        production developed under section 822(a);
            ``(2) the production of clean hydrogen from diverse energy 
        sources, including--
                    ``(A) fossil fuels with carbon capture, 
                utilization, and sequestration;
                    ``(B) hydrogen-carrier fuels (including ethanol and 
                methanol);
                    ``(C) renewable energy resources, including 
                biomass;
                    ``(D) nuclear energy; and
                    ``(E) any other methods the Secretary determines to 
                be appropriate;
            ``(3) the use of clean hydrogen for commercial, industrial, 
        and residential electric power generation;
            ``(4) the use of clean hydrogen in industrial applications, 
        including steelmaking, cement, chemical feedstocks, and process 
        heat;
            ``(5) the use of clean hydrogen for use as a fuel source 
        for both residential and commercial comfort heating and hot 
        water requirements;
            ``(6) the safe and efficient delivery of hydrogen or 
        hydrogen-carrier fuels, including--
                    ``(A) transmission by pipelines, including 
                retrofitting the existing natural gas transportation 
                infrastructure system to enable a transition to 
                transport and deliver increasing levels of clean 
                hydrogen, clean hydrogen blends, or clean hydrogen 
                carriers;
                    ``(B) tanks and other distribution methods; and
                    ``(C) convenient and economic refueling of 
                vehicles, locomotives, maritime vessels, or planes--
                            ``(i) at central refueling stations; or
                            ``(ii) through distributed onsite 
                        generation;
            ``(7) advanced vehicle, locomotive, maritime vessel, or 
        plane technologies, including--
                    ``(A) engine and emission control systems;
                    ``(B) energy storage, electric propulsion, and 
                hybrid systems;
                    ``(C) automotive, locomotive, maritime vessel, or 
                plane materials; and
                    ``(D) other advanced vehicle, locomotive, maritime 
                vessel, or plane technologies;
            ``(8) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen-carrier fuels, 
        including the development of materials for safe and economic 
        storage in gaseous, liquid, or solid form;
            ``(9) the development of safe, durable, affordable, and 
        efficient fuel cells, including fuel-flexible fuel cell power 
        systems, improved manufacturing processes, high-temperature 
        membranes, cost-effective fuel processing for natural gas, fuel 
        cell stack and system reliability, low-temperature operation, 
        and cold start capability;
            ``(10) the ability of domestic clean hydrogen equipment 
        manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive 
        technologies in the United States;
            ``(11) the use of clean hydrogen in the transportation 
        sector, including in light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, 
        rail transport, aviation, and maritime applications; and
            ``(12) in coordination with relevant agencies, the 
        development of appropriate, uniform codes and standards for the 
        safe and consistent deployment and commercialization of clean 
        hydrogen production, processing, delivery, and end-use 
        technologies.''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Targets.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, the Secretary shall establish targets 
for the program to address near-term (up to 2 years), mid-term (up to 7 
years), and long-term (up to 15 years) challenges to the advancement of 
clean hydrogen systems and technologies.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 119 Stat. 599) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 805 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 805. Clean hydrogen research and development program.''.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN PROGRAMS.

    Title VIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16151 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 813 through 816 as sections 
        818 through 821, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 812 the following:

``SEC. 813. REGIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN HUBS.

    ``(a) Definition of Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub.--In this section, 
the term `regional clean hydrogen hub' means a network of clean 
hydrogen producers, potential clean hydrogen consumers, and connective 
infrastructure located in close proximity.
    ``(b) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall establish a 
program to support the development of at least 4 regional clean 
hydrogen hubs that--
            ``(1) demonstrably aid the achievement of the clean 
        hydrogen production standard developed under section 822(a);
            ``(2) demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, 
        storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen; and
            ``(3) can be developed into a national clean hydrogen 
        network to facilitate a clean hydrogen economy.
    ``(c) Selection of Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.--
            ``(1) Solicitation of proposals.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, 
        the Secretary shall solicit proposals for regional clean 
        hydrogen hubs.
            ``(2) Selection of hubs.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        deadline for the submission of proposals under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall select at least 4 regional clean hydrogen 
        hubs to be developed under subsection (b).
            ``(3) Criteria.--The Secretary shall select regional clean 
        hydrogen hubs under paragraph (2) using the following criteria:
                    ``(A) Feedstock diversity.--To the maximum extent 
                practicable--
                            ``(i) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the production of clean 
                        hydrogen from fossil fuels;
                            ``(ii) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the production of clean 
                        hydrogen from renewable energy; and
                            ``(iii) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the production of clean 
                        hydrogen from nuclear energy.
                    ``(B) End-use diversity.--To the maximum extent 
                practicable--
                            ``(i) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the end-use of clean 
                        hydrogen in the electric power generation 
                        sector;
                            ``(ii) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the end-use of clean 
                        hydrogen in the industrial sector;
                            ``(iii) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the end-use of clean 
                        hydrogen in the residential and commercial 
                        heating sector; and
                            ``(iv) at least 1 regional clean hydrogen 
                        hub shall demonstrate the end-use of clean 
                        hydrogen in the transportation sector.
                    ``(C) Geographic diversity.--To the maximum extent 
                practicable, each regional clean hydrogen hub--
                            ``(i) shall be located in a different 
                        region of the United States; and
                            ``(ii) shall use energy resources that are 
                        abundant in that region.
                    ``(D) Hubs in natural gas-producing regions.--To 
                the maximum extent practicable, at least 2 regional 
                clean hydrogen hubs shall be located in the regions of 
                the United States with the greatest natural gas 
                resources.
                    ``(E) Employment.--The Secretary shall give 
                priority to regional clean hydrogen hubs that are 
                likely to create opportunities for skilled training and 
                long-term employment to the greatest number of 
                residents of the region.
                    ``(F) Additional criteria.--The Secretary may take 
                into consideration other criteria that, in the judgment 
                of the Secretary, are necessary or appropriate to carry 
                out this title.
            ``(4) Funding of regional clean hydrogen hubs.--The 
        Secretary may make grants to each regional clean hydrogen hub 
        selected under paragraph (2) to accelerate commercialization 
        of, and demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, 
        storage, and end-use of, clean hydrogen.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $8,000,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

``SEC. 814. NATIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN STRATEGY AND ROADMAP.

    ``(a) Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the programs established 
        under sections 805 and 813, the Secretary, in consultation with 
        the heads of relevant offices of the Department, shall develop 
        a technologically and economically feasible national strategy 
        and roadmap to facilitate widescale production, processing, 
        delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen.
            ``(2) Inclusions.--The national clean hydrogen strategy and 
        roadmap developed under paragraph (1) shall focus on--
                    ``(A) establishing a standard of hydrogen 
                production that achieves the standard developed under 
                section 822(a), including interim goals towards meeting 
                that standard;
                    ``(B)(i) clean hydrogen production and use from 
                natural gas, coal, renewable energy sources, nuclear 
                energy, and biomass; and
                    ``(ii) identifying potential barriers, pathways, 
                and opportunities, including Federal policy needs, to 
                transition to a clean hydrogen economy;
                    ``(C) identifying--
                            ``(i) economic opportunities for the 
                        production, processing, transport, storage, and 
                        use of clean hydrogen that exist in the major 
                        shale natural gas-producing regions of the 
                        United States;
                            ``(ii) economic opportunities for the 
                        production, processing, transport, storage, and 
                        use of clean hydrogen that exist for merchant 
                        nuclear power plants operating in deregulated 
                        markets; and
                            ``(iii) environmental risks associated with 
                        potential deployment of clean hydrogen 
                        technologies in those regions, and ways to 
                        mitigate those risks;
                    ``(D) approaches, including substrategies, that 
                reflect geographic diversity across the country, to 
                advance clean hydrogen based on resources, industry 
                sectors, environmental benefits, and economic impacts 
                in regional economies;
                    ``(E) identifying opportunities to use, and 
                barriers to using, existing infrastructure, including 
                all components of the natural gas infrastructure 
                system, the carbon dioxide pipeline infrastructure 
                system, end-use local distribution networks, end-use 
                power generators, LNG terminals, industrial users of 
                natural gas, and residential and commercial consumers 
                of natural gas, for clean hydrogen deployment;
                    ``(F) identifying the needs for and barriers and 
                pathways to developing clean hydrogen hubs (including, 
                where appropriate, clean hydrogen hubs coupled with 
                carbon capture, utilization, and storage hubs) that--
                            ``(i) are regionally dispersed across the 
                        United States and can leverage natural gas to 
                        the maximum extent practicable;
                            ``(ii) can demonstrate the efficient 
                        production, processing, delivery, and use of 
                        clean hydrogen;
                            ``(iii) include transportation corridors 
                        and modes of transportation, including 
                        transportation of clean hydrogen by pipeline 
                        and rail and through ports; and
                            ``(iv) where appropriate, could serve as 
                        joint clean hydrogen and carbon capture, 
                        utilization, and storage hubs;
                    ``(G) prioritizing activities that improve the 
                ability of the Department to develop tools to model, 
                analyze, and optimize single-input, multiple-output 
                integrated hybrid energy systems and multiple-input, 
                multiple-output integrated hybrid energy systems that 
                maximize efficiency in providing hydrogen, high-value 
                heat, electricity, and chemical synthesis services;
                    ``(H) identifying the appropriate points of 
                interaction between and among Federal agencies involved 
                in the production, processing, delivery, storage, and 
                use of clean hydrogen and clarifying the 
                responsibilities of those Federal agencies, and 
                potential regulatory obstacles and recommendations for 
                modifications, in order to support the deployment of 
                clean hydrogen; and
                    ``(I) identifying geographic zones or regions in 
                which clean hydrogen technologies could efficiently and 
                economically be introduced in order to transition 
                existing infrastructure to rely on clean hydrogen, in 
                support of decarbonizing all relevant sectors of the 
                economy.
    ``(b) Reports to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, the Secretary 
        shall submit to Congress the clean hydrogen strategy and 
        roadmap developed under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Updates.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress 
        updates to the clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap under 
        paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 3 years after 
        the date on which the Secretary initially submits the report 
        and roadmap.

``SEC. 815. CLEAN HYDROGEN MANUFACTURING AND RECYCLING.

    ``(a) Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing Initiative.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the programs 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 Federal 
        law with, eligible entities (as determined by the Secretary) 
        for research, development, and demonstration projects to 
        advance new clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, 
        storage, and use equipment manufacturing technologies and 
        techniques.
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants or entering into 
        contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary, to the maximum extent 
        practicable, shall give priority to clean hydrogen equipment 
        manufacturing projects that--
                    ``(A) increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness 
                in--
                            ``(i) the manufacturing process; and
                            ``(ii) the use of resources, including 
                        existing energy infrastructure;
                    ``(B) support domestic supply chains for materials 
                and components;
                    ``(C) identify and incorporate nonhazardous 
                alternative materials for components and devices;
                    ``(D) operate in partnership with tribal energy 
                development organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal 
                organizations, Native Hawaiian community-based 
                organizations, or territories or freely associated 
                States; or
                    ``(E) are located in economically distressed areas 
                of the major natural gas-producing regions of the 
                United States.
            ``(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 committees 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 Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the programs 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 Federal 
        law with, eligible entities for research, development, and 
        demonstration projects to create innovative and practical 
        approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of clean 
        hydrogen technologies, including by--
                    ``(A) increasing the efficiency and cost-
                effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from 
                clean hydrogen technology components 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 research, 
                development, demonstration, and commercialization of 
                technologies and processes for the disassembly and 
                recycling of devices used for clean hydrogen 
                production, processing, delivery, storage, and use;
                    ``(D) developing alternative materials, designs, 
                manufacturing processes, and other aspects of clean 
                hydrogen technologies;
                    ``(E) developing alternative disassembly and 
                resource recovery processes that enable efficient, 
                cost-effective, and environmentally responsible 
                disassembly of, and resource recovery from, clean 
                hydrogen technologies; and
                    ``(F) developing strategies to increase consumer 
                acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of 
                fuel cells.
            ``(2) Dissemination of results.--The Secretary shall make 
        available to the public and the relevant committees of Congress 
        the results of the projects carried out through grants awarded, 
        or contracts, 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 electrolysis.
            ``(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 program for purposes of commercialization to improve the 
efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing 
clean hydrogen using electrolyzers.
    ``(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, efficiency, 
        durability, and feasibility of commercial deployment of the 
        technologies described in paragraph (1).
    ``(e) Focus.--The program shall focus on research relating to, and 
the development, demonstration, and deployment of--
            ``(1) low-temperature electrolyzers, including liquid-
        alkaline electrolyzers, membrane-based electrolyzers, and other 
        advanced electrolyzers, capable of converting intermittent 
        sources of electric power to clean hydrogen with enhanced 
        efficiency and durability;
            ``(2) high-temperature electrolyzers that combine 
        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 mixtures with 
                impurities, including seawater;
            ``(5) modular electrolyzers for distributed energy 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, porous transport layers 
        and bipolar plates, and balance-of-system components, to allow 
        for scale-up and domestic manufacturing of electrolyzers at a 
        high volume;
            ``(8) clean hydrogen storage technologies;
            ``(9) technologies that integrate hydrogen production 
        with--
                    ``(A) clean hydrogen compression and drying 
                technologies;
                    ``(B) clean hydrogen storage; and
                    ``(C) transportation or stationary systems; and
            ``(10) integrated systems that combine hydrogen production 
        with renewable power or nuclear power generation technologies, 
        including hybrid systems with hydrogen storage.
    ``(f) Grants, Contracts, Cooperative Agreements.--
            ``(1) Grants.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
        shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 
        entities for projects that the Secretary determines would 
        provide the greatest progress toward achieving the goal of the 
        program described in subsection (c).
            ``(2) Contracts and cooperative agreements.--In carrying 
        out the program, the Secretary may enter into contracts and 
        cooperative agreements with eligible entities and Federal 
        agencies for projects that the Secretary determines would 
        further the purpose of the program described in subsection (b).
            ``(3) Eligibility; applications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The eligibility of an entity to 
                receive a grant under paragraph (1), to enter into a 
                contract or cooperative agreement under paragraph (2), 
                or to receive funding for a demonstration project under 
                subsection (d) shall be determined by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring to 
                receive a grant under paragraph (1), to enter into a 
                contract or cooperative agreement under paragraph (2), 
                or to receive funding for a demonstration project under 
                subsection (d) shall submit to the Secretary an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Secretary may 
                require.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program $1,000,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available 
until expended.

``SEC. 817. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--The National Energy Technology 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 carrying 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 information from, 
        and distribute information to, the National 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 QUALIFICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act, 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 production 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 intensity equal to or 
                less than 2 kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalent 
                produced at the site of production 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 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--
                    ``(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 adjustment 
                described in subparagraph (A) is appropriate, 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, utilization, and sequestration technologies, 
nuclear, and other fuel sources using any applicable production 
technology.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 119 Stat. 599) is amended by 
striking the items relating to sections 813 through 816 and inserting 
the following:

``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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