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50 U.S.C. § 167a — Authority of Secretary

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50 U.S.C. § 167a — Authority of Secretary

**(a) Extraction and disposal of helium on Federal lands** (1) **In general** — The Secretary may enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems fair, reasonable, and necessary. (2) **Leasehold rights** — The Secretary may grant leasehold rights to any such helium. (3) **Limitation** — The Secretary may not enter into any agreement by which the Secretary sells such helium other than to a private party with whom the Secretary has an agreement for recovery and disposal of helium. (4) **Regulations** — Agreements under paragraph (1) may be subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary. (5) **Existing rights** — An agreement under paragraph (1) shall be subject to any rights of any affected Federal oil and gas lessee that may be in existence prior to the date of the agreement. (6) **Terms and conditions** — An agreement under paragraph (1) (and any extension or renewal of an agreement) shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary may consider appropriate. (7) **Prior agreements** — This subsection shall not in any manner affect or diminish the rights and obligations of the Secretary and private parties under agreements to dispose of helium produced from Federal lands in existence on October 9, 1996, except to the extent that such agreements are renewed or extended after October 9, 1996. **(b) Storage, transportation, and sale** The Secretary may store, transport, and sell helium only in accordance with this chapter. **(c) Extraction of helium from deposits on Federal land** All amounts received by the Secretary from the sale or disposition of helium on Federal land shall be credited to the Helium Production Fund established unde

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50 U.S.C. § 161 to 164 — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, 43 Stat. 1110, as completely amended, renumbered, and revised by Pub. L. 86–777, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 918, is classified to section 167 et seq. of this title. Section 161, acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 1, 43 Stat. 1110; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 355, 44 Stat. 1387; Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 895, 50 Stat. 885, authorized Secretary of the Interior to acquire and reserve helium-gas lands and to produce and store helium gas. See section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1925, as amended by Pub. L. 86–777, which is classified to [section 167a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section167a&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 162, acts Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 225, title I, 43 Stat. 908; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, authorized Navy Department to acquire helium-gas lands and to produce and experiment with helium gas. Section 163, acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 2, 43 Stat. 1111; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 355, 44 Stat. 1387; Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 895, 50 Stat. 886, authorized Bureau of Mines to produce helium gas. See section 4 of act Mar. 3, 1925, as amended by Pub. L. 86–777, which is classified to [section 167b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section167b&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 164, acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 3, 43 Stat. 1111; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 355, 44 Stat. 1387; Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 895, 50 Stat. 886, related to disposal of helium by sale, upon request of Army or Navy or other Federal Government agencies, or for medicinal, scientific or commercial use, to deposit and use of funds obtained by sale of gas, and to an annual report to Congress by Secretary of the Interior on said funds. See section 6 of act Mar. 3, 1925, as

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50 U.S.C. § 167a — Authority of Secretary

Page 52 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 167a bered § 20, Pub. L. 113–40, § 6(2), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 540, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [enacting this section, sections 167a to 167n of this title, and pro- visions set out as a note above], or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be af- fected thereby.’’ EXISTING AGREEMENTS Pub. L. 113–40, § 8, Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 544, provided that: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act [see Tables for classifica- tion] and the amendments made by this Act shall not affect or diminish the rights and obligations of the Sec- retary of the Interior and private parties under agree- ments in existence on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 2, 2013], except to the extent that the agreements are renewed or extended after that date. ‘‘(b) DELIVERY.—No agreement described in sub- section (a) shall affect or diminish the right of any party that purchases helium after the date of enact- ment of this Act in accordance with section 6 of the He- lium Act (50 U.S.C. 167d) (as amended by section 5) to receive delivery of the helium in accordance with sec- tion 5(e)(2) of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167c(e)(2)) (as amended by section 4).’’ SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR HELIUM OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I, § 112], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–157, provided that: ‘‘(a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bureau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance pay to the employee

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