Sec. 1019. HYDROGEN AVIATION STRATEGY
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## SEC. 1019 HYDROGEN AVIATION STRATEGY **[**[49 U.S.C. 44504 note](/us/usc/t49/s44504)**]** ###
(a)FAA and Department of Energy Leadership on Using Hydrogen to Propel Commercial Aircraft The Secretary, acting through the Administrator and jointly with the Secretary of Energy, shall exercise leadership in and shall conduct research and development activities relating to enabling the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation, including the safe and efficient use and sourcing of hydrogen to propel commercial aircraft. ###
(b)Research Strategy Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of NASA and other relevant Federal agencies, shall complete the development of a research and development strategy on the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation. ###
(c)Considerations The strategy developed under subsection
(b)shall consider the following: ####
(1)The feasibility, opportunities, challenges, and pathways toward the potential and safe uses of hydrogen in civil aviation. ####
(2)The use of hydrogen in addition to electric propulsion to propel commercial aircraft and any related operational efficiencies. ###
(d)Exercise of Leadership The Secretary, the Administrator, and the Secretary of Energy shall carry out the research activities consistent with the strategy in subsection (b), and that may include the following: ####
(1)Establishing positions and goals for the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation, including to propel commercial aircraft. ####
(2)Understanding of the qualification of hydrogen aviation fuel, the safe transition to such fuel for aircraft, the advancement of certification efforts for such fuel, and risk mitigation measures for the use of such fuel in aircraft systems, including propulsion and storage systems. ####
(3)Through grant, contract, or interagency agreements, carrying out research and development to understand the contribution that the use of hydrogen would have on civil aviation, including hydrogen as an input for conventional jet fuel, hydrogen fuel cells as a source of electric propulsion, sustainable aviation fuel, and power to liquids or synthetic fuel, and researching ways of accelerating the introduction of hydrogen-propelled aircraft. ####
(4)Reviewing grant eligibility requirements, loans, loan guarantees, and other policies and requirements of the FAA and the Department of Energy to identify ways to increase the safe and efficient use of hydrogen in civil aviation. ####
(5)Considering the needs of the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, and other stakeholders in creating policies that enable the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation. ####
(6)Coordinating with NASA, and obtaining input from the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, academia and other stakeholders regarding— #####
(A)the safe and efficient use of hydrogen in civil aviation, including— ######
(i)updating or modifying existing policies on such use; ######
(ii)assessing barriers to, and benefits of, the introduction of hydrogen in civil aviation, including aircraft propelled by hydrogen; ######
(iii)the operational differences between aircraft propelled by hydrogen and aircraft propelled with other types of fuels; and ######
(iv)public, economic, and noise benefits of the operation of commercial aircraft propelled by hydrogen and associated aerospace industry activity; and #####
(B)other issues identified by the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, or the advisory committee established under paragraph
(7)that must be addressed in order to enable the safe and efficient use of hydrogen in civil aviation. ####
(7)Establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of NASA, the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, and other stakeholders to advise the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Secretary of Energy on the activities carried out under this subsection. ###
(e)International Leadership The Secretary, the Administrator, and the Secretary of Energy, in the appropriate international forums, shall take actions that— ####
(1)demonstrate global leadership in carrying out the activities required by subsections
(a)and (b); ####
(2)consider the needs of the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, and other stakeholders identified under subsection (b); ####
(3)consider the needs of fuel cell manufacturers; and ####
(4)seek to advance the competitiveness of the United States in the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation. ###
(f)Report to Congress Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator and jointly with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the covered committees of Congress and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report detailing— ####
(1)the actions of the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Secretary of Energy to exercise leadership in conducting research relating to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen in civil aviation; ####
(2)the planned, proposed, and anticipated actions to update or modify existing policies related to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen in civil aviation, based on the results of the research and development carried out under this section, including such actions identified as a result of consultation with, and feedback from, the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, academia and other stakeholders identified under subsection (b); and ####
(3)a proposed timeline for any such actions pursuant to paragraph (2).
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