42 USC § 12404 - Demonstrations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s12404"
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title: "42 USC § 12404 - Demonstrations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12404"
section_name: "Demonstrations"
chapter_number: 128
chapter_name: "HYDROGEN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2799; Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 104, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3306.)"
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# § 12404. Demonstrations

**(a)** **Requirement** The Secretary shall conduct demonstrations of critical technologies, preferably in self-contained locations, so that technical and non-technical parameters can be evaluated to best determine commercial applicability of the technology.

**(b)** **Small-scale demonstrations** section 12403 of this title

Concurrently with activities conducted pursuant to , the Secretary shall conduct small-scale demonstrations of hydrogen technology at self-contained sites.

**(c)** **Non-Federal funding** The Secretary shall require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the cost of any demonstration conducted under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–566, § 105, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2799; Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 104, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3306.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c).  added subsec. (c).