2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 10 - HELIUM GAS (§§ 161 - 167n)
Section 167m - Report on helium
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 10 - HELIUM GAS Sec. 167m - Report on helium |
Contains | section 167m |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, §15, as added Pub. L. 86-777, §2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 923; amended Pub. L. 104-273, §7, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3319. |
Statutes at Large References | 74 Stat. 923 110 Stat. 3319 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-777, Public Law 104-273 |
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Not later than three years before the date on which the Secretary commences offering for sale crude helium under section 167f of this title, the Secretary shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on whether such disposal of helium reserves will have a substantial adverse effect on United States scientific, technical, biomedical, or national security interests.
(b) Transmission to CongressNot later than 18 months before the date on which the Secretary commences offering for sale crude helium under section 167f of this title, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress—
(1) the report of the National Academy under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) the findings of the Secretary, after consideration of the conclusions of the National Academy under subsection (a) of this section and after consultation with the United States helium industry and with heads of affected Federal agencies, as to whether the disposal of the helium reserve under section 167f of this title will have a substantial adverse effect on the United States helium industry, United States,1 helium market or United States,1 scientific, technological, biomedical, or national security interests; and
(3) if the Secretary determines that selling the crude helium reserves under the formula established in section 167f of this title will have a substantial adverse effect on the United States helium industry, the United States helium market or United States scientific, technological, biomedical, or national security interest, the Secretary shall make recommendations, including recommendations for proposed legislation, as may be necessary to avoid such adverse effects.
(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, §15, as added Pub. L. 86–777, §2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 923; amended Pub. L. 104–273, §7, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3319.)
Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–273 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to individual enterprise in developing helium.
1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
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