Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act - Amends the Helium Act to redefine the Federal Helium Reserve as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cliffside Gas Field and supporting infrastructure, including: (1) the Cliffside Gas Field helium storage reservoir; and (2) all associated infrastructure owned, leased, or managed under contract by the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) for helium storage, transportation, withdrawal, purification, or management.
Directs the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to offer for sale crude helium for federal, medical, scientific, and commercial uses, dividing such sales into three phases, the second of which is to maximize total recovery of helium from the Reserve. Limits the first phase to the one-year period following enactment of this Act, and specifies duration requirements for the second and third phases.
Requires the Secretary to establish prices for crude helium sales during the first phase that are not less than the last sales of crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve before enactment of this Act.Prescribes requirements for the sale of crude helium at auction for federal, medical, scientific, and commercial uses.
Permits designated federal agencies and grantees to purchase refined helium from an eligible person for federal, medical, research, and scientific uses at either the minimum auction price, or another price designated by the Secretary.
Directs the Secretary to require all parties to a contract for the acceptance, storage, and redelivery of crude helium to disclose, on a confidential basis, in dollars per thousand cubic feet, the weighted average price of all crude helium and bulk liquid helium purchased, sold, or processed by them in qualifying domestic helium transactions during the fiscal year.
Specifies conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to change the minimum sales price for crude helium.
Requires persons participating in auctions of helium from the Federal Helium Reserve to furnish, upon request, records of transactions in helium auctions required by the Secretary to reconstruct bidding or trading in the course of a particular inquiry or investigation conducted for enforcement or surveillance purposes.
Sets forth uses of the Helium Production Fund, including capital investments and maintenance at the Cliffside Gas Field helium storage reservoir and helium pipeline.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) publicize on the Internet certain information regarding the current refining capacity on the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline, and (2) take any applications for new refining capacity on the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline.
Requires the BLM Director to establish a real-time reporting process, including reporting over the Internet, providing specified data affecting the helium industry (including effects for all persons in the industry from crude helium suppliers to end users).
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a national helium gas resource assessment in each reservoir (including the isotope helium-3); (2) complete an assessment of trends in global demand for helium, including such isotope; (3) cooperate with the Secretary of Energy on any assessment or research relating to the extraction and refining of the isotope helium-3 from crude helium at either the Federal Helium Reserve or along the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline system; and (4) report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a facility to separate the isotope helium-3 from crude helium at either the Federal Helium Reserve or at an existing helium separation or purification facility connected to the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline system.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-02 | President | Became Public Law No: 113-40. | House floor actions |
| 2013-10-02 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-27 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-26 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2013-09-26 | ResolvingDifferences | Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6932-6933) | Senate |
| 2013-09-25 | Floor | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. | Senate |
| 2013-09-25 | Floor | House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H. Res. 354. (consideration: CR H5824-5825) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2013-09-19 | Vote | Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 2. Record Vote Number: 203. | Senate |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6632-6634) | Senate |
| 2013-09-19 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2013-05-06 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
| 2013-04-26 | Vote | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 1 (Roll no. 128). | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 186 - 211 (Roll no. 127). | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2375) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schneider motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add at the end of the bill a new section on banning exports to hostile nations that seek nuclear weapons or missile technology. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Mr. Schneider moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H2375-2376; text: CR H2375) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2357-2360) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2375) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 527. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2374-2377) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 527 as unfinished business. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | On motion that the Commitee rise Agreed to by voice vote. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved that the Commitee rise. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 178, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Thornberry amendment No. 4. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 178, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Holt amendment No. 3. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Dent amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Dent demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 178, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dent amendment No. 2. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 178, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Collins (GA) amendment No. 1. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-26 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2357-2364) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 527 as unfinished business. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved that the Committee rise. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 527. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Jason Chaffetz to act as Chairman of the Committee. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 178 and Rule XVIII. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 527 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 178. (consideration: CR H2323-2327) | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-25 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 178 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-24 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 178 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 527 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-18 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 27. | House floor actions |
| 2013-04-18 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-42. | House floor actions |
| 2013-03-20 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2013-03-20 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-02-14 | Committee | Committee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-02-06 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2013-02-06 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |