Helium Energy Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Helium-Energy Act of 1979 - Title I: Helium-Energy Provisions - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a Helium Reserve for the storage of helium to assure that in the public interest and for national security purposes, adequate supplies of helium are available for future energy efficiency and conservation purposes. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and transmit to the Congress a Helium Reserve Plan which shall include plans for: (1) developing helium storage facilities; (2) estimating volumes of helium to be stored in such facilities; (3) estimating costs of establishing such reserves, in terms of direct costs and amounts of energy to be used to extract, transport, process, and store helium; and (4) evaluating the impact of developing such Reserve on domestic and foreign commerce. Requires Congressional approval of such plan. Authorizes appropriations for the development and implementation of the Helium Reserve Plan. Directs the Secretary to prescribe a regulation requiring shippers and sellers, including importers, of helium-bearing natural gas or any helium-gas mixture, to provide assurance that helium within those gases will be sold to the Secretary…