2014 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense (Sections 1 - 3751)
Chapter 10 - Helium Gas (Sections 161 - 167q)
Sec. 167o - Low-Btu gas separation and helium conservation
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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. 167o - Low-Btu gas separation and helium conservation |
| Contains | section 167o |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, §17, as added Pub. L. 113-40, §6(3), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 542. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 127 Stat. 542 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 113-40 |
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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 researchThe 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 technologyThe 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 programThe 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) Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000.
(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, §17, as added Pub. L. 113–40, §6(3), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 542.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 17 of act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, was redesignated section 20 and is set out as a Separability note under section 167 of this title.
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