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§167q Federal agency helium acquisition strategy

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - HELIUM GAS › § 167q

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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The Secretary must work with the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, the heads of NSF, NASA, NIH, and other agencies and send Congress a report no later than 2 years after October 2, 2013. The report must cover current and future use of crude and refined helium; a 20-year federal plan to secure helium; a chosen start date before September 30, 2021 to begin Phase D (see section 167d(d)) that limits supply problems; how higher refined-helium prices would affect users and ways to reduce those effects; and a process for prioritizing uses if helium supplies shrink.

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Title 50, §167q

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In anticipation of the implementation of Phase D described in section 167d(d) of this title, and not later than 2 years after October 2, 2013, the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies as appropriate) shall submit to Congress a report that provides for Federal users—

(1)an assessment of the consumption of, and projected demand for, crude and refined helium;

(2)a description of a 20-year Federal strategy for securing access to helium;

(3)a determination of a date prior to September 30, 2021, for the implementation of Phase D as described in section 167d(d) of this title that minimizes any potential supply disruptions for Federal users;

(4)an assessment of the effects of increases in the price of refined helium and methods and policies for mitigating any determined effects; and

(5)a description of a process for prioritization of uses that accounts for diminished availability of helium supplies that may occur over time.

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50 U.S.C. § 167q

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73