Sec. 17. LOW-BTU GAS SEPARATION AND HELIUM CONSERVATION
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## SEC. 17 LOW-BTU GAS SEPARATION AND HELIUM CONSERVATION **[**[50 U.S.C. 167o](/us/usc/t50/s167o)**]** ###
(a)Authorization The Secretary of Energy shall support programs of research, development, commercial application, and conservation (including the programs described in subsection (b))— ####
(1)to expand the domestic production of low-Btu gas and helium resources; ####
(2)to separate and capture helium from natural gas streams; and ####
(3)to reduce the venting of helium and helium-bearing low-Btu gas during natural gas exploration and production. ###
(b)Programs ####
(1)Membrane technology research The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall support a civilian research program to develop advanced membrane technology that is used in the separation of low-Btu gases, including technologies that remove helium and other constituent gases that lower the Btu content of natural gas. ####
(2)Helium separation technology The Secretary of Energy shall support a research program to develop technologies for separating, gathering, and processing helium in low concentrations that occur naturally in geological reservoirs or formations, including— #####
(A)low-Btu gas production streams; and #####
(B)technologies that minimize the atmospheric venting of helium gas during natural gas production. ####
(3)Industrial helium program The Secretary of Energy, working through the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy, shall carry out a research program— #####
(A)to develop low-cost technologies and technology systems for recycling, reprocessing, and reusing helium for all medical, scientific, industrial, commercial, aerospace, and other uses of helium in the United States, including Federal uses; and #####
(B)to develop industrial gathering technologies to capture helium from other chemical processing, including ammonia processing. ###
(c)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000.
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