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1 "(b) Storage, Transportation and Sale. — The 



2 Secretary is authorized to store, transport, and sell helium 



3 only in accordance with this Act. 



4 "(c) Monitoring and Reporting. — The Secretary 



5 is authorized to monitor helium production and helium re- 



6 serves in the United States and to periodically prepare re- 



7 ports regarding the amounts of helium produced and the 



8 quantity of crude helium in storage in the United States. 



9 "SEC. 4. STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE HE- 



10 LIUM. 



11 "(a) Storage and Transportation. — The Sec- 



12 retary is authorized to store and transport crude helium 



13 and to maintain and operate existing crude helium storage 



14 at the Bureau of Mines Cliff side Field, together with relat- 



15 ed helium transportation and withdrawal facilities. 



16 "(b) Cessation of Production, Refining, and 



17 Marketing. — Effective one year after the date of enact- 



18 ment of the P*ublic Resources Deficit Reduction Act of 



19 1995, the Secretary shall cease producing, refining and 



20 marketing refined helium and shall cease carrying out all 



21 other activities relating to helium which the Secretary was 



22 authorized to carry out under this Act before the date of 



23 enactment of the Public Resources Deficit Reduction Act 



24 of 1995, except those activities described in subsection (a). 



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