42 U.S.C. § 12407 — Technical panel

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This section creates a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary. The Secretary appoints members from industry, universities, labs, and other groups, who elect their own chair. The panel reviews hydrogen programs and their effects, and the Secretary must fund and staff it.

(a) Establishment: This section creates the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel, called the "technical panel" for short. Its job is to advise the Secretary on programs under this chapter. (b) Membership: The Secretary appoints the panel's members. Members can come from domestic industry, universities, professional societies, government laboratories, financial groups, environmental groups, and other organizations, as the Secretary sees fit based on their qualifications. The Secretary had to make these first appointments within 90 days after November 15, 1990. The panel members elect their own chairman. (c) Cooperation: The heads of federal executive branch departments, agencies, and other bodies must cooperate with the panel. They must give the panel any information it needs to do its job under this section. (d) Review: The panel must review two things and make recommendations to the Secretary about them: (1) how programs under this chapter are being carried out, and (2) the economic, technological, and environmental effects of using hydrogen for production and other purposes. (e) Support: The Secretary must give the panel enough staff, money, and other support so it can do its job.

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(a) Establishment

There is hereby established the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel (the “technical panel”), to advise the Secretary on the programs under this chapter.

(b) Membership

The technical panel shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall 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 shall be made within 90 days after November 15, 1990. The technical panel shall have a chairman, who shall be elected by the members from among their number.

The heads of the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Executive branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the technical panel in carrying out the requirements of this section and shall furnish to the technical panel such information as the technical panel deems necessary to carry out this section.

(d) Review

The technical panel shall 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 shall 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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–566, § 108, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2800; Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3305.)

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1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-566 · 104 Stat. 2800
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-271 · 110 Stat. 3305

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