50 U.S.C. § 167j — Land conveyance in Potter County, Texas

Page 58 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 167i Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 637; 5 U.S.C. 1001–1011), as amended’’, ‘‘the Administra- tive Procedure Act’’, and ‘‘section 10 of the Administra- tive Procedure Act’’, respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first sec- tion of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. In subsec. (b), ‘‘chapter 158 of title 28’’ substituted for ‘‘the Act of December 29, 1950 (64 Stat. 1129; 5 U.S.C. 1031–1042), as amended’’ on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, section 4(e) of which en- acted chapter 158 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 167i. Exclusion from Natural Gas Act provisions The provisions of the Natural Gas Act of June 21, 1938, as amended [15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.], shall not be applicable to the sale, extraction, proc- essing, transportation, or storage of helium ei- ther prior to or subsequent to the separation of such helium from the natural gas with which it is commingled, whether or not the provisions of such Act apply to such natural gas, and in deter- mining the rates of a natural gas company under sections 4 and 5 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended [15 U.S.C. 717c, 717d], whenever helium is extracted from helium-bearing natural gas, there shall be excluded (1) all income received from the sale of helium; (2) all direct costs in- curred in the extraction, processing, compres- sion, transportation or storage of helium; and (3) that portion of joint costs of exploration, pro- duction, gathering, extraction, processing, com- pression, transportation or storage divided and allocated to helium on a volumetric basis. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 11, as added Pub. L. 86–777, § 2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 922.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Natural Gas Act of June 21, 1938, as amended, re- ferred to in text, means act June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, known as the Natural Gas Act, which is clas- sified generally to chapter 15B (§ 717 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 717w of Title 15 and Tables. § 167j. Land conveyance in Potter County, Texas (a) In general The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land described in subsection (b) to the Texas Plains Girl Scout Council for consideration of $1, reserving to the United States such easements as may be necessary for pipeline rights-of-way. (b) Land description The parcel of land referred to in subsection (a) is all those certain lots, tracts or parcels of land lying and being situated in the County of Potter and State of Texas, and being the East Three Hundred Thirty-One (E331) acres out of Section Seventy-eight (78) in Block Nine (9), B.S. & F. Survey, (some times known as the G.D. Landis pasture) Potter County, Texas, located by cer- tificate No. 1/39 and evidenced by letters patents Nos. 411 and 412 issued by the State of Texas under date of November 23, 1937, and of record in Vol. 66A of the Patent Records of the State of Texas. The metes and bounds description of such lands is as follows: (1) First tract One Hundred Seventy-one (171) acres of land known as the North part of the East part of said survey Seventy-eight (78) aforesaid, de- scribed by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a stone 20 x 12 x 3 inches marked X, set by W.D. Twichell in 1905, for the Northeast corner of this survey and the Northwest corner of Section 59; Thence, South 0 degrees 12 minutes East with the West line of said Section 59, 999.4 varas to the Northeast corner of the South 160 acres of East half of Section 78; Thence, North 89 degrees 47 minutes West with the North line of the South 150 acres of the East half, 956.8 varas to a point in the East line of the West half Section 78; Thence, North 0 degrees 10 minutes West with the East line of the West half 999.4 varas to a stone 18 x 14 x 3 inches in the mid- dle of the South line of Section 79; Thence, South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 965 varas to the place of beginning. (2) Second tract One Hundred Sixty (160) acres of land known as the South part of the East part of said sur- vey No. Seventy-eight (78) described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Sec- tion 59, a stone marked X and a pile of stones; Thence, North 89 degrees 47 minutes West with the North line of Section 77, 966.5 varas to the Southeast corner of the West half of Section 78; Thence, North 0 degrees 10 minutes West with the East line of the West half of Section 78; Thence, South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 965.8 varas to a point in the East line of Sec- tion 78; Thence, South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 934.6 varas to the place of beginning. Containing an area of 331 acres, more or less. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 12, as added Pub. L. 86–777, § 2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 923; amended Pub. L. 104–273, § 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3318.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–273 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to Secretary’s authority under Federal helium refining program to obtain loans and issue obligations to carry out program. § 167k. Violations; penalties Whoever willfully violates, attempts to vio- late, or conspires to violate, any provision of this chapter or any regulation or order issued or any terms of a license granted thereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, except that who- ever commits such an offense with intent to in- jure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.