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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 19, 1993
Helium Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Helium Act to: (1) delete a provision limiting the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the acquisition and storage of helium and helium-bearing natural gas; (2) delete a provision guaranteeing that the Secretary receive the lowest purchase price for helium from private plants; (3) replace the Atomic Energy Commission with the Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as purchasers from the Secretary of the major Federal requirements of helium; (4) delete provisions concerning helium sale interest rate determinations and prices of helium sold for medical purposes; and (5) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel certain accrued and unpaid interest, and certain principal, of the helium production fund incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
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Rep. Sarpalius, Bill [D-TX-13] · D–TX
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For Further Action See H.R.3967.
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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