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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 128 — Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Program

§ 12404. Demonstrations

Statutory text

(a)

Requirement

The Secretary shall conduct demonstrations of critical technologies, preferably in self-contained locations, so that technical and non-technical parameters can be evaluated to best determine commercial applicability of the technology.

(b)

Small-scale demonstrations

Concurrently with activities conducted pursuant to section 12403 of this title, the Secretary shall conduct small-scale demonstrations of hydrogen technology at self-contained sites.

(c)

Non-Federal funding

The Secretary shall require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the cost of any demonstration conducted under this section.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–566 § 105 · 104 Stat. 2797

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 12404

    Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2799

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2799

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 105. DEMONSTRATIONS. (a) Requirement.— The Secretary shall conduct demonstrations of critical technologies, preferably in self-contained locations, so that technical and non-technical parameters can be evaluated to best determine commercial applicability of the technology. (b) Small-Scale Demonstrations.— Concurrently with activities conducted pursuant to section 104, the Secretary shall conduct small-scale demonstrations of hydrogen technology at self-contained sites.

  2. Hydrogen Future Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–271 title I § 104 · 110 Stat. 3304

    Added · 42 U.S.C. § 12404(c)

    Pub. L. 104–271 added subsec. (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–271 added subsec. (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 104. DEMONSTRATIONS. Section 105 of Public Law 101–566 (42 U.S.C. 12404) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) The Secretary shall require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the cost of any demonstration conducted under this section”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–271 added subsec. (c).

Credits

1990–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, , 104 Stat. 2799
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 104, , 110 Stat. 3306.
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(Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, , 104 Stat. 2799; Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 104, , 110 Stat. 3306.)

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