date of enactment of the Responsible Helium Administra-
tion and Stewardship Act, a real-time reporting process, 
including reporting over the Internet, to provide data that 
will affect the helium industry, including such effects for 
all persons in such industry from crude helium suppliers 
to end users. 
‘‘(b) INCLUDED INFORMATION.—Information pro-
vided under this section shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Annual maintenance schedules and quar-
terly updates thereof, which shall be available on the 
Internet, to the extent practicable, and shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The date and duration of planned 
shutdowns of the Federal Helium Reserve pipe-
line. 
‘‘(B) The nature of work to be undertaken, 
whether routine, extended, or extraordinary. 
‘‘(C) The anticipated impact on the helium 
supply. 
‘‘(D) The efforts to minimize any impact 
on the supply chain. 
‘‘(E) Any concerns regarding maintenance 
of the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline, pres-
sure of such pipeline, or deviation from normal 
operation of such pipeline. 
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‘‘(2) For each unplanned outage, the following: 
‘‘(A) The beginning of the outage. 
‘‘(B) The expected duration of outage. 
‘‘(C) A description of the problem. 
‘‘(D) The estimated impact on helium sup-
ply. 
‘‘(E) A plan to correct problems, an esti-
mate of the potential timeframe for correction, 
and the likelihood of plan success within the 
timeframe. 
‘‘(F) Efforts to minimize negative impacts 
on the helium supply chain. 
‘‘(G) Updates on repair status and the an-
ticipated online date. 
‘‘(3) Minutes of meetings between the Bureau 
of Land Management and the Cliffside Refiners 
Limited Partnership, including— 
‘‘(A) publication of the minutes of each 
meeting between the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and the Cliffside Refiners Limited Part-
nership, including attendees and their affili-
ations, on the Internet site of the Bureau with-
in 1 week after the meeting; and 
‘‘(B) indication in the minutes of any ac-
tion taken that could affect the supply or oper-
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ating status related to the Federal helium pro-
gram. 
‘‘(4) Current predictions of the lifespan of the 
Federal Helium Reserve, including how much longer 
such crude helium supply will be available based on 
current and forecasted demand and the projected 
maximum production capacity of the Federal Helium 
Reserve for the following fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 5. HELIUM RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND HELIUM–3 
SEPARATION. 
(a) HELIUM GAS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) in coordination with appropriate heads of 
State geological surveys— 
(A) complete a national helium gas assess-
ment that identifies and quantifies the quantity 
of helium, including the isotope helium-3, in 
each reservoir, including assessments of the 
constituent gases found in each helium re-
source, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and 
natural gas; and 
(B) make available the modern seismic and 
geophysical log data for characterization of the 
Bush Dome Reservoir; 
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(2) in coordination with appropriate inter-
national agencies and the global geology community, 
complete a global helium gas assessment that identi-
fies and quantifies the quantity of the helium, in-
cluding the isotope helium-3, in each reservoir; 
(3) in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, acting through the Administrator of the En-
ergy Information Administration, complete— 
(A) an assessment of trends in global de-
mand for helium, including the isotope helium- 
3; 
(B) a 10-year forecast of domestic demand 
for helium across all sectors, including scientific 
and medical research, commercial, manufac-
turing, space technologies, cryogenics, and na-
tional defense; and 
(C) an inventory of medical, scientific, in-
dustrial, commercial, and other uses of helium 
in the United States, including Federal and 
commercial helium uses, that identifies the na-
ture of the helium use, the amounts required, 
the technical and commercial viability of helium 
recapture and recycling in that use, and the 
availability of material substitutes wherever 
possible; and 
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(4) submit to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate a report describing the results of the assess-
ments required under this subsection. 
(b) HELIUM-3 SEPARATION.— 
(1) INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall cooperate with the Sec-
retary of Energy, or a designee of the Secretary of 
Energy, on any assessment or research relating to 
the extraction and refining of the isotope helium-3 
from crude helium at the Federal Helium Reserve 
(as that term is defined in the amendments made by 
section 2) or along the Federal Helium Reserve 
pipeline system, including— 
(A) gas analysis; 
(B) infrastructure studies; and 
(C) cooperation with private helium refin-
ers. 
(2) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall assess the feasibility of establishing a 
facility to separate the isotope helium-3 from crude 
helium at— 
(A) the Federal Helium Reserve; or 
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