PUBLIC LAW 104-271—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3305 to the Secretary by the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel established under section 108 of this Act; and "(2) recommendations of the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel for any improvements in the program that are needed, including recommendations for additional legislation.", (b) Section 108(d) of Public Law 101-566 (42 U.S.C. 12407(d)) is amended— (1) by adding "and" at the end of paragraph (1); (2) by striking "; and" at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and (3) by striking paragraph (3). SEC. 103. HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. (a) Section 104 of Public Law 101-566 (42 U.S.C. 12403) is amended to read as follows: "§ 104. Hydrogen research and development "(a) The Secretary shall conduct a hydrogen research and development program relating to production, storage, transportation, and use of hydrogen, with the goal of enabling the private sector to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using hydrogen for industrial, residential, transportation, and utility applications. "(b) In conducting the program authorized by this section, the Secretary shall— "(1) give particular attention to developing an understanding and resolution of critical technical issues preventing the introduction of hydrogen into the marketplace; "(2) initiate or accelerate existing research in critical technical issues that will contribute to the development of more economic hydrogen production and use, including, but not limited to, critical technical issues with respect to production (giving priority to those production techniques that use renewable energy resources as their primary source of energy for hydrogen production), liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and use (including use of hydrogen in surface transportation); and "(3) survey private sector hydrogen activities and take steps to ensure that research and development activities under tins section do not displace or compete with the privately funded hydrogen research and development activities of United States industry. "(c) The Secretary is authorized to evaluate any reasonable new or improved technology, including basic research on highly innovative energy technologies, that could lead or contribute to the development of economic hydrogen production, storage, and utilization. "(d) The Secretary is authorized to evaluate any reasonable new or improved technology that could lead or contribute to, or demonstrate the use of, advanced renewable energy systems or hybrid systems for use in isolated communities that currently import diesel fuel as the primary fuel for electric power production. "(e) The Secretary is authorized to arrange for tests and demonstrations and to disseminate to researchers and developers information, data, and other materials necessary to support the research and development activities authorized under this section and other efforts authorized under this chapter, consistent with section 106 of this Act.
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