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50 U.S.C. § 167o — Low-Btu gas separation and helium conservation

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50 U.S.C. § 167o — Low-Btu gas separation and helium conservation

**(a) Authorization** The Secretary of Energy shall support programs of research, development, commercial application, and conservation (including the programs described in subsection (b))— (1) to expand the domestic production of low-Btu gas and helium resources; (2) to separate and capture helium from natural gas streams; and (3) to reduce the venting of helium and helium-bearing low-Btu gas during natural gas exploration and production. **(b) Programs** (1) **Membrane technology research** — The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall support a civilian research program to develop advanced membrane technology that is used in the separation of low-Btu gases, including technologies that remove helium and other constituent gases that lower the Btu content of natural gas. (2) **Helium separation technology** — The Secretary of Energy shall support a research program to develop technologies for separating, gathering, and processing helium in low concentrations that occur naturally in geological reservoirs or formations, including— (A) low-Btu gas production streams; and (B) technologies that minimize the atmospheric venting of helium gas during natural gas production. (3) **Industrial helium program** — The Secretary of Energy, working through the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy, shall carry out a research program— (A) to develop low-cost technologies and technology systems for recycling, reprocessing, and reusing helium for all medical, scientific, industrial, commercial, aerospace, and other uses of helium in the United States, including Federal uses; and (B) to develop industrial gathering technologies to capture helium from other chemical processing, including ammonia processing. **(c) A

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50 U.S.C. § 167 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) **Cliffside Field** — The term “Cliffside Field” means the helium storage reservoir in which the Federal Helium Reserve is stored. (2) **Federal Helium Pipeline** — The term “Federal Helium Pipeline” means the federally owned pipeline system through which helium for the Federal Helium Reserve may be transported. (3) **Federal Helium Reserve** — The term “Federal Helium Reserve” means helium reserves owned by the United States. (4) **Federal Helium System** — The term “Federal Helium System” means— (A) the Federal Helium Reserve; (B) the Cliffside Field; (C) the Federal Helium Pipeline; and (D) all other infrastructure owned, leased, or managed under contract by the Secretary for the storage, transportation, withdrawal, enrichment, purification, or management of helium. (5) **Federal user** — The term “Federal user” means a Federal agency or extramural holder of one or more Federal research grants using helium. (6) **Low-Btu gas** — The term “low-Btu gas” means a fuel gas with a heating value of less than 250 Btu per standard cubic foot measured as the higher heating value resulting from the inclusion of noncombustible gases, including nitrogen, helium, argon, and carbon dioxide. (7) **Person** — The term “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, or State or political subdivision. (8) **Priority pipeline access** — The term “priority pipeline access” means the first priority of delivery of crude helium under which the Secretary schedules and ensures the delivery of crude helium to a helium refinery through the Federal Helium System. (9) **Qualified bidder** (A) *In general* — The term “qualified bidder” means a person the Secretary determines is se

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50 U.S.C. § 167o — Low-Btu gas separation and helium con-

Page 60 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 167o entific and medical research, commercial, manufacturing, space technologies, cryo- genics, and national defense; and (C) an inventory of medical, scientific, in- dustrial, commercial, and other uses of he- lium in the United States, including Federal uses, that identifies the nature of the helium use, the amounts required, the technical and commercial viability of helium recapture and recycling in that use, and the avail- ability of material substitutes wherever pos- sible; and (4) submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com- mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the assessments required under this para- graph. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 16, as added Pub. L. 113–40, § 6(3), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 542.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 167n, act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 16, as added Pub. L. 86–777, § 2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 923, di- rected the Secretary of the Interior to make annual re- ports to Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(q), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3291. § 167o. Low-Btu gas separation and helium con- servation (a) Authorization The Secretary of Energy shall support pro- grams of research, development, commercial ap- plication, and conservation (including the pro- grams described in subsection (b))— (1) to expand the domestic production of low-Btu gas and helium resources; (2) to separate and capture helium from nat- ural gas streams; and (3) to reduce the venting of helium and he- lium-bearing low-Btu gas during natural gas exploration

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