Abstract: The United States established a national level hydrate research and development program in 2000, which has achieved fruitful results in various fields for more than 20 years, and the world's first long-term onshore pilot production was completed on July 30, 2024. This article introduces the impact of the United States' energy policy on the deployment of hydrate research and development work, and summarizes the organizational structure and funding investment of the hydrate research and development program in the United States. Ninety-eight projects under the hydrate research and development program were sorted out, and these projects were classified and analyzed according to resource exploration and evaluation, production technology, laboratory and simulation research, and environmental effects fields. So the development trend of the hydrate research and development program in the United States were clarified and the highlights of the program's achievements were summarized. The analysis suggests that the hydrate research and development program in the United States is well-organized, and the respective strengths of government agencies, universities, research institutions, and private enterprises are effectively utilized. And the whole deployment is orderly, and the development of basic scientific research, resource exploration and evaluation, and pilot production mutually promoted each other. The research and development of hydrates has gradually cooled down in recent years due to the energy policies influence.The results of the stud could provide information references and lessons for China to improve its hydrate industrial development capability.