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HR 9446 117th Congress House Energy

Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022

Introduced: December 6, 2022 Introduced by: Tonko, Paul Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Dec 6, 2022
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Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of clean hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to enable production, distribution, and use of clean hydrogen and to advance the development of related hydrogen infrastructure. Under the bill, DOE must also enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine research pathways for hydrogen production processes with net-zero direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions.

What's happening now December 6, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9446: Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9446/
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"H.R. 9446: Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9446/.
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H.R. 9446, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9446/.
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