3.0.0 1226 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z Senate S 2015-05-06 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-19T21:05:32Z Referred to 2015-05-06T21:59:23Z 2015-05-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N Energy Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Oil and gas User charges and fees Energy 00 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-16T16:42:03Z American Helium Production Act of 2015

This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to permit the Department of the Interior to lease federal land for helium exploration, development, and production under substantially the same terms and conditions as federal land is leased for oil and gas exploration, development, and production.

Any lease issued for gas exploration or development in effect grants the lessee a right of first refusal to engage in helium exploration and production on land subject to the lease under the Mineral Leasing Act as well as under the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands.

The Department shall collect a $5,000 permit processing fee per application at the time the final decision is made whether to issue a permit to drill under a helium lease.

The Bureau of Land Management must prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for an agencywide helium exploration and development program.

]]> American Helium Production Act of 2015 Display Title American Helium Production Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to promote a greater domestic helium supply, to establish a Federal helium leasing program for public land, and to secure a helium supply for national defense and Federal researchers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Helium Production Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1226is/xml/BILLS-114s1226is.xml 2015-05-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.