George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003
Latest action · Mar 27, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to reauthorize and revise requirements for the Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration programs, and to instruct the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive coordination plan for activities under this Act and under title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996.
Renames the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel as the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on such programs.
Requires the National Academy of Sciences to review progress under this Act every four years.
Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to revise requirements for the program for integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) solicit proposals for projects demonstrating hydrogen technologies needed to use fuel cells in Federal, State, and local government stationary and transportation applications; and (2) establish an interagency task force to develop an implementation plan for a fuel cell demonstration program that includes hydrogen-based infrastructure for fleet transportation systems and for distributed power generation. Requires the Secretary to enter into cooperative and cost-sharing agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies for participation in related demonstrations.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 27, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Mar 27, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Mar 27, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Mar 27, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4528-4529)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Authorization
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Communication in science
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Fuel
- Fuel cells
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Hydrogen
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Laboratories
- Legislation
- Motor buses
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Planning
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer
- Transportation and Public Works
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