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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs

§ 16153. Plan

Statutory text

Not later than 6 months after , the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a coordinated plan for the programs described in this subchapter and any other programs of the Department that are directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan shall describe, at a minimum—

(1)

the agenda for the next 5 years for the programs authorized under this subchapter, including the agenda for each activity enumerated in section 16154(e) of this title;

(2)

the types of entities that will carry out the activities under this subchapter and what role each entity is expected to play;

(3)

the milestones that will be used to evaluate the programs for the next 5 years;

(4)

the most significant technical and nontechnical hurdles that stand in the way of achieving the goals described in section 16154 of this title, and how the programs will address those hurdles; and

(5)

the policy assumptions that are implicit in the plan, including any assumptions that would affect the sources of hydrogen or the marketability of hydrogen-related products.

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 Act of 2005

    Pub. L. 109–58 title VIII § 804 · 119 Stat. 594

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 16153

    (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 804, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 845.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 804, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 845.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 804. PLAN.   Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a coordinated plan for the programs described in this title and any other programs of the Department that are directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan shall describe, at a minimum— (1) the agenda for the next 5 years for the programs authorized under this title, including the agenda for each activity enumerated in section 805(e); (2) the types of entities that will carry out the activities under this title and what role each entity is expected to play; (3) the milestones that will be used to evaluate the programs for the next 5 years; (4) the most significant technical and nontechnical hurdles that stand in the way of achieving the goals described in section 805, and how the programs will address those hurdles; and (5) the policy assumptions that are implicit in the plan, including any assumptions that would affect the sources of hydrogen or the marketability of hydrogen-related products.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 804, , 119 Stat. 845.)

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