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50 U.S.C. § 167 — Definitions
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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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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 seeking to purchase helium for their own use, refining, or redelivery to users.
(B) *Exclusion* — The term “qualified bidder” does not include a person who was previously determined to be a qualified bidder if the Secretary determines that the person did not meet the requirements of a qualified bidder under this chapter.
(10) **Qualifying domestic helium transaction** — The term “qualifying domestic helium transaction” means any agreement entered into or renegotiated agreement during the preceding 1-year period in the United States for the purchase or sale of at least 15,000,000 standard cubic feet of crude or pure helium to which any holder of a contract with the Secretary for the acceptance, storage, delivery, or redelivery of crude helium from the Federal Helium System is a party.
(11) **Refiner** — The term “refiner” means a person with the ability to take delivery of crude helium from the Federal Helium Pipeline and refine the crude helium into pure helium.
(12) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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**(a)** Except as provided by subsections (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of this section, annual leave provided by [section 6303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim), which is not used by an employee, accumulates for use in succeeding years until it totals not more than 30 days at the beginning of the first full biweekly pay period, or corresponding period for an employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, occurring in a year.
**(b)** Annual leave not used by an employee of the Government of the United States in one of the following classes of employees stationed outside the United States accumulates for use in succeeding years until it totals not more than 45 days at the beginning of the first full biweekly pay period, or corresponding period for an employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, occurring in a year:
(1) Individuals directly recruited or transferred by the Government of the United States from the United States or its territories or possessions including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for employment outside the area of recruitment or from which transferred.
(2) Individuals employed locally but—
(A)
(i) who were originally recruited from the United States or its territories or possessions including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but outside the area of employment;
(ii) who have been in substantially continuous employment by other agencies of the United States, United States firms, interests, or organizations, international organizations in which the United States participates, or foreign governments; and
(iii) whose conditions of employment provide for their return transportation to the United States or its territories or
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**(a) Phase A: allocation transition**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall offer crude helium for sale in such quantities, at such times, at not less than the minimum price established under subsection (b)(7), and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this subsection with minimum market disruption.
(2) **Federal purchases** — Federal users may purchase refined helium with priority pipeline access under this subsection from persons who have entered into enforceable contracts to purchase an equivalent quantity of crude helium at the in-kind price from the Secretary.
(3) **Duration** — This subsection applies during—
(A) the period beginning on October 2, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2014; and
(B) any period during which the sale of helium under subsection (b) is delayed or suspended.
**(b) Phase B: auction implementation**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall offer crude helium for sale in quantities not subject to auction under paragraph (2), after completion of each auction, at not less than the minimum price established under paragraph (7), and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary—
(A) to maximize total recovery of helium from the Federal Helium Reserve over the long term;
(B) to maximize the total financial return to the taxpayer;
(C) to manage crude helium sales according to the ability of the Secretary to extract and produce helium from the Federal Helium Reserve;
(D) to give priority to meeting the helium demand of Federal users in the event of any disruption to the Federal Helium Reserve; and
(E) to carry out this subsection with minimum market disruption.
(2) **Auction quantities** — For the period described in paragraph (4) and consistent with t
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) the Library of Congress;
(C) the Government Publishing Office;
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
(E) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the courts named by [section 610 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section610&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(2) “employee” means—
(A) an individual employed in or under an agency; and
(B) an individual employed by a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
but does not include—
(i) an employee (other than a member of the Senior Executive Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, or an employee whose pay is fixed under section 5376) whose rate of basic pay is fixed at a rate provided for one of the levels of the Executive Schedule or is in excess of the maximum rate for the Executive Schedule;
(ii) an employee serving under an appointment with a definite time limitation, except one so appointed for full-time employment without a break in service of more than 3 days following service under an appointment without time limitation;
(iii) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the several States, the District of Columbia, and the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979);
(iv) an
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**(a) Requirement of Guidelines for Reductions in Civilian Positions.—** Reductions in the number of civilian positions of the Department of Defense during a fiscal year, if any, shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established pursuant to subsection (b).
**(b) Guidelines.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish guidelines for the manner in which reductions in the number of civilian positions of the Department of Defense are made. In establishing the guidelines, the Secretary shall ensure that nothing in the guidelines conflicts with the requirements of [section 129 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section129&num=0&edition=prelim) or the policies and procedures established under [section 129a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section129a&num=0&edition=prelim). The guidelines shall include procedures for reviewing civilian positions for reductions according to the following order:
(1) Positions filled by foreign national employees overseas.
(2) All other positions filled by civilian employees overseas.
(3) Overhead, indirect, and administrative positions in headquarters or field operating agencies in the United States.
(4) Direct operating or production positions in the United States.
**(c) Exceptions.—** The Secretary of Defense may permit a variation from the guidelines established under subsection (b) if the Secretary determines that such variation is critical to the national security. The Secretary shall immediately notify the Congress of any such variation and the reasons for such variation.
**(d) Involuntary or Significant Reductions of Civilian Positions.—** The Secretary of Defense may not implement any involuntary reduction 11 So in o
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**(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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Page 50
TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§§ 158 to 159
1952, act Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 376, 65 Stat. 268. Section was
formerly classified to section 246 of former Title 49,
Transportation.
§§ 158 to 159. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 158, act Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 433, § 1(b), (c), as
added July 13, 1949, ch. 332, § 1, 63 Stat. 410, related to
professional and scientific service on the Committee
and was transferred to section 1161 of former Title 5,
Executive Departments and Government Officers and
Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Section 158a, act Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 433, § 2, 61 Stat. 715,
related to classification of positions and appointments
and was transferred to section 1162 of former Title 5,
Executive Departments and Government Officers and
Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 378, and reenacted as section 3104(b) of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section 159, acts Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 433, § 3, 61 Stat. 715;
July 13, 1949, ch. 332, § 2, 63 Stat. 411, related to reports
to Congress and confidential information and was
transferred to section 1163 of former Title 5, Executive
Departments and Government Officers and Employees,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.
378, and reenacted as section 3104(c) of Title 5, Govern-
ment Organization and Employees.
§ 160. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, which was from acts Aug. 24, 1949, ch. 506,
title I, § 101, 63 Stat. 646; Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VIII,
title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 711, and prior appropriation acts,
related to employment of aliens, and was not repeated
in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, act
Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 376, 65 Stat. 26
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