Legislative Status
During October 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that the Hydrogen Education Foundation of Washington, D.C. has been selected for negotiation of award to work with the DOE Hydrogen Program to administer the H-Prize along with SCRA.org.
Legislation for the prize, H.R. 632, was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 10, 2006 and in August 2007 it became part of the House's comprehensive energy bill, H.R. 3221 (which passed). A companion bill, S. 365, was introduced in the Senate and had very few cosponsors before it was passed as part of a more comprehensive energy bill in December 2007. President Bush signed it into law later that month.
Proponents of the H-Prize cite benefits of reduced dependence on foreign oil, cleaner air from burning pollution-free hydrogen and new jobs.
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