Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Helium Extraction Act of 2017”.
Helium Extraction Act of 2017
A BILL
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.
Sec. 2 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 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”.