42 U.S.C. § 16151: Purposes

to enable and promote comprehensive development, demonstration, and commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in partnership with industry; to make critical public investments in building strong links to private industry, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and research institutions to expand innovation and industrial growth; to build a mature hydrogen economy that creates fuel diversity in the massive transportation sector of the United States; to sharply decrease the dependency of the United States on imported oil, eliminate most emissions from the transportation sector, and greatly enhance our energy security; and to create, strengthen, and protect a sustainable national energy economy. hydrogen plays a critical part in the comprehensive energy portfolio of the United States; promotes energy security and resilience; and provides economic value and environmental benefits for diverse applications across multiple sectors of the economy; and renewable energy resources, including biomass; fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilization, and storage; and nuclear power. providing a statutory definition for the term ‘clean hydrogen’; establishing a clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap for the United States; establishing a clearing house for clean hydrogen program information at the National Energy Technology Laboratory; developing a robust clean hydrogen supply chain and workforce by prioritizing clean hydrogen demonstration projects in major shale gas regions; establishing regional clean hydrogen hubs; and authorizing appropriations to carry out the Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Plan, dated November 2020, developed pursuant to title VIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16151 et seq.).”