Helium Act of 1925

Helium Act of 1925

Long title	An Act authorizing the conservation, production, and exploitation of helium gas, a mineral resource pertaining to the national defense, and to the development of commercial aeronautics, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Helium Conservation Act of 1925
Enacted by	the 68th United States Congress
Effective	March 3, 1925
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 68–544
Statutes at Large	43 Stat. 1110
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created	50 U.S.C. ch. 10 § 161 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5722 by Julius Kahn (R-CA) on May 2, 1924 Committee consideration by House Military Affairs Passed the House on January 21, 1925 (Passed) Passed the Senate on February 18, 1925 (Passed) Reported by the joint conference committee on February 19, 1925; agreed to by the Senate on February 26, 1925 (Agreed) and by the House on February 28, 1925 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on March 3, 1925

Helium Act of 1925, 50 USC § 161, is a United States statute drafted for the purpose of conservation, exploration, and procurement of helium gas. The Act of Congress authorized the condemnation, lease, or purchase of acquired lands bearing the potential of producing helium gas. It banned the export of helium, for which the US was the only important source, thus forcing foreign airships to use hydrogen lift gas.^[1] The Act empowered the United States Department of the Interior and United States Bureau of Mines with the jurisdiction for the experimentation, production, repurification, and research of the lighter than air gas. The Title 50 codified law provided the authority for the creation of the National Helium Reserve.