The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with 1/2minimum market disruption 1/2 and at a price given by a formula specified in the act. It also mandates that the Department of the Interior 1/2enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on whether such disposal of helium...