---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12402"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12402"
heading: "Report to Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12402"
units:
  - "Chapter 128 — Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Program"
---

# §12402. Report to Congress

- (a) Not later than January 1, 1999, the [Secretary](/usc/42/12401.md?p=c-3) shall transmit to Congress a detailed report on the status and progress of the programs authorized under this chapter.
- (b) A report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall include, in addition to any views and recommendations of the [Secretary](/usc/42/12401.md?p=c-3)—
  - (1) an analysis of the effectiveness of the programs authorized under this chapter, to be prepared and submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/42/12401.md?p=c-3) by the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel established under [section 12407 of this title](/usc/42/12407.md); and
  - (2) recommendations of the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel for any improvements in the program that are needed, including recommendations for additional legislation.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–566, § 103, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2797; Pub. L. 104–271, title I, § 102(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3304.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–271 amended section generally, substituting provisions requiring report to Congress on chapter programs by Jan. 1, 1999, for provisions regarding preparation and contents of comprehensive 5-year program management plan for research and development activities and comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration plan with respect to section 12404 demonstrations.