{"identifier":"/us/usc/t50/s167","title":50,"num":"\u00a7\u202f167.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f167.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nCliffside Field\nThe term \u201cCliffside Field\u201d means the helium storage reservoir in which the Federal Helium Reserve is stored.\n(2)\nFederal Helium Pipeline\nThe term \u201cFederal Helium Pipeline\u201d means the federally owned pipeline system through which helium for the Federal Helium Reserve may be transported.\n(3)\nFederal Helium Reserve\nThe term \u201cFederal Helium Reserve\u201d means helium reserves owned by the United States.\n(4)\nFederal Helium System\nThe term \u201cFederal Helium System\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Federal Helium Reserve;\n(B) the Cliffside Field;\n(C) the Federal Helium Pipeline; and\n(D) all other infrastructure owned, leased, or managed under contract by the Secretary for the storage, transportation, withdrawal, enrichment, purification, or management of helium.\n(5)\nFederal user\nThe term \u201cFederal user\u201d means a Federal agency or extramural holder of one or more Federal research grants using helium.\n(6)\nLow-Btu gas\nThe term \u201clow-Btu gas\u201d means a fuel gas with a heating value of less than 250 Btu per standard cubic foot measured as the higher heating value resulting from the inclusion of noncombustible gases, including nitrogen, helium, argon, and carbon dioxide.\n(7)\nPerson\nThe term \u201cperson\u201d means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, or State or political subdivision.\n(8)\nPriority pipeline access\nThe term \u201cpriority pipeline access\u201d means the first priority of delivery of crude helium under which the Secretary schedules and ensures the delivery of crude helium to a helium refinery through the Federal Helium System.\n(9)\nQualified bidder\n(A)\nIn general\nThe term \u201cqualified bidder\u201d means a person the Secretary determines is seeking to purchase helium for their own use, refining, or redelivery to users.\n(B)\nExclusion\nThe term \u201cqualified bidder\u201d does not include a person who was previously determined to be a qualified bidder if the Secretary determines that the person did not meet the requirements of a qualified bidder under this chapter.\n(10)\nQualifying domestic helium transaction\nThe term \u201cqualifying domestic helium transaction\u201d means any agreement entered into or renegotiated agreement during the preceding 1-year period in the United States for the purchase or sale of at least 15,000,000 standard cubic feet of crude or pure helium to which any holder of a contract with the Secretary for the acceptance, storage, delivery, or redelivery of crude helium from the Federal Helium System is a party.\n(11)\nRefiner\nThe term \u201crefiner\u201d means a person with the ability to take delivery of crude helium from the Federal Helium Pipeline and refine the crude helium into pure helium.\n(12)\nSecretary\nThe term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of the Interior.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t50/s167.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f167."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cliffside Field"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cCliffside Field\u201d means the helium storage reservoir in which the Federal Helium Reserve is stored.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal Helium Pipeline"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cFederal Helium Pipeline\u201d means the federally owned pipeline system through which helium for the Federal Helium Reserve may be transported.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal Helium Reserve"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cFederal Helium Reserve\u201d means helium reserves owned by the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal Helium System"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cFederal Helium System\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Federal Helium Reserve;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Cliffside Field;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s167/4/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Federal Helium Pipeline; 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