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1 ing at the end thereof: "Except as may be required 



2 by reason of subsection (a), sales of crude helium 



3 under this section shall be in amounts as the See- 



4 retary determines, in consultation with the helium 



5 industry, necessary to carry out this subsection with 



6 minimum market disruption. 



7 (3) Subsection (c) is amended by inserting 



8 "crude" before "helium" after the words "Sales of 



9 and by striking "together ^vith interest as provided 



10 in subsection" and all that follows down through the 



11 period at the end of such subsection and inserting 



12 the following: 



13 "all funds required to be repaid to the United States as 



14 of October 1, 1994 under this section (hereinafter referred 



15 to as 'repayable amounts'). The price at which crude he- 



16 hum is sold by the Secretary shall not be less than the 



17 amount determined by the Secretary as follows: 



18 "(1) Divide the outstanding amount of such re- 



19 payable amounts by the volume (in mcf) of crude he- 



20 hum owned by the United States and stored in the 



21 Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field at the time of the 



22 sale concerned. 



23 "(2) Adjust the amount determined under para- 



24 graph (1) by the Consumer Price Index for years be- 



25 ginning after December 31, 1994.". 



