42 U.S.C. § 12407 — Technical panel

(a) Establishment There is established the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel (the “technical panel”), to advise the Secretary^* on the programs under this chapter. (b) Membership The technical panel must be appointed by the Secretary and must be comprised of such representatives from domestic industry, universities, professional societies, Government laboratories, financial, environmental, and other organizations as the Secretary deems appropriate based on his assessment of the technical and other qualifications of such representatives. Appointments to the technical panel must be made within 90 days after November 15, 1990 . The technical panel must have a chairman, who must be elected by the members from among their number. (c) Cooperation The heads of the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Executive branch of the Federal Government must cooperate with the technical panel in carrying out the requirements of this section and must furnish to the technical panel such information as the technical panel deems necessary to carry out this section. (d) Review The technical panel must review and make any necessary recommendations to the Secretary on the following items— (1) the implementation and conduct of programs under this chapter; and (2) the economic, technological, and environmental consequences of the deployment of hydrogen production and use systems. (e) Support The Secretary must provide such staff, funds and other support as may be necessary to enable the technical panel to carry out the functions described in this section.