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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3279" measure-id="id115hr3279" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-07-18" update-date="2018-11-29">
<title>Helium Extraction Act of 2017</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr3279v80" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-11-29">
<action-date>2018-11-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Helium Extraction Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that land leased by the Department of the Interior for the extraction of helium shall fall under the same lease terms as a federal oil and gas lease.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr3279v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-11-03">
<action-date>2017-11-01</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) </p> <p><b>Helium Extraction Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec.2)This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that land leased by the Department of the Interior for the extraction of helium shall fall under the same lease terms as a federal oil and gas lease.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr3279v79" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-10-24">
<action-date>2017-10-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Helium Extraction Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec.2)This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that land leased by the Department of the Interior for the extraction of helium shall fall under the same lease terms as a federal oil and gas lease.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr3279v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-10-17">
<action-date>2017-07-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Helium Extraction Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that land leased by the Department of the Interior for the extraction of helium shall fall under the same lease terms as a federal oil and gas lease.</p>]]></summary-text>
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