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Calendar No. 678
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3279
[Report No. 115–391]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 2, 2017
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
November 27, 2018
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
AN ACT
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide that extraction of helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and gas.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Helium Extraction Act of 2017
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Maintenance of Federal mineral leases based on extraction of helium
The first section of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181) is amended in the fifth paragraph by inserting after purchaser thereof
the following: , and that extraction of helium from gas produced from such lands shall maintain the lease as if the extracted helium were oil and gas
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November 27, 2018
Reported without amendment