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50 U.S.C. § 98a — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
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**(a)** The Congress finds that the natural resources of the United States in certain strategic and critical materials are deficient or insufficiently developed to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States for national defense.
**(b)** It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the acquisition and retention of stocks of certain strategic and critical materials and to encourage the conservation and development of sources of such materials within the United States and thereby to decrease and to preclude, when possible, a dangerous and costly dependence by the United States upon foreign sources or a single point of failure for supplies of such materials in times of national emergency.
**(c)** The purpose of the National Defense Stockpile is to serve the interest of national defense only. The National Defense Stockpile is not to be used for economic or budgetary purposes.
**(d)** To the maximum extent practicable and to reduce the reliance of the National Defense Stockpile program on appropriated funds, the National Defense Stockpile Manager shall seek to achieve positive cash flows from the recovery of strategic and critical materials pursuant to [section 98e(a)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section98e/a/5&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The Congress finds that the natural resources of the United States in certain strategic and critical materials are deficient or insufficiently developed to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States for national defense.
**(b)** It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the acquisition and retention of stocks of certain strategic and critical materials and to encourage the conservation and development of sources of such materials within the United States and thereby to decrease and to preclude, when possible, a dangerous and costly dependence by the United States upon foreign sources or a single point of failure for supplies of such materials in times of national emergency.
**(c)** The purpose of the National Defense Stockpile is to serve the interest of national defense only. The National Defense Stockpile is not to be used for economic or budgetary purposes.
**(d)** To the maximum extent practicable and to reduce the reliance of the National Defense Stockpile program on appropriated funds, the National Defense Stockpile Manager shall seek to achieve positive cash flows from the recovery of strategic and critical materials pursuant to [section 98e(a)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section98e/a/5&num=0&edition=prelim).
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act”.
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**(a) Determination of materials; quantities** Subject to subsection (c), the President shall determine from time to time (1) which materials are strategic and critical materials for the purposes of this subchapter, and (2) the quality and quantity of each such material to be acquired for the purposes of this subchapter and the form in which each such material shall be acquired and stored. Such materials when acquired, together with the other materials described in [section 98c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section98c&num=0&edition=prelim), shall constitute and be collectively known as the National Defense Stockpile (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “stockpile”).
**(b) Guidelines for exercise of Presidential authority** The President shall make the determinations required to be made under subsection (a) on the basis of the principles stated in [section 98a(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section98a/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Quantity change; notification to Congress**
(1) The quantity of any material to be stockpiled under this subchapter, as in effect on September 30, 1987, may be changed only as provided in this subsection or as otherwise provided by law enacted after December 4, 1987.
(2) The President shall notify Congress in writing of any increase proposed to be made in the quantity of any material to be stockpiled that involves the acquisition of additional materials for the stockpile. The President may make the increase after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the notification. The President shall include a full explanation and justification for the proposed increase with the notification.
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**(a) Contents** The stockpile consists of the following materials:
(1) Materials acquired under this subchapter and contained in the national stockpile on July 29, 1979.
(2) Materials acquired under this subchapter after July 29, 1979.
(3) Materials in the supplemental stockpile established by [section 1704(b) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1704/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (as in effect from September 21, 1959, through December 31, 1966) on July 29, 1979.
(4) Materials acquired by the United States under the provisions of [section 4533 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4533&num=0&edition=prelim) and transferred to the stockpile by the President pursuant to subsection (f) of such section.
(5) Materials transferred to the United States under [section 2423 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2423&num=0&edition=prelim) that have been determined to be strategic and critical materials for the purposes of this subchapter and that are allocated by the President under subsection (b) of such section for stockpiling in the stockpile.
(6) Materials acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation and transferred to the stockpile under [section 714b(h) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714b/h&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) Materials acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation under paragraph (2) of [section 1743(a) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1743/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and transferred to the stockpile under the third sentence of such section.
(8) Materials transferred to the stockpile by the President under
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**(a) In general** Not later than January 15 of every other year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on stockpile requirements. Each such report shall include—
(1) the Secretary’s recommendations with respect to stockpile requirements; and
(2) the matters required under subsection (b).
**(b) National emergency planning assumptions** Each report under this section shall set forth the national emergency planning assumptions used by the Secretary in making the Secretary’s recommendations under subsection (a)(1) with respect to stockpile requirements. The Secretary shall base the national emergency planning assumptions on a military conflict scenario consistent with the scenario used by the Secretary in budgeting and defense planning purposes. The assumptions to be set forth include assumptions relating to each of the following:
(1) The length and intensity of the assumed military conflict.
(2) The military force structure to be mobilized.
(3) The losses anticipated from enemy action.
(4) The military, industrial, and essential civilian requirements to support the national emergency.
(5) The availability of supplies of strategic and critical materials from foreign sources during the mobilization period, the military conflict, and the subsequent period of replenishment, taking into consideration possible shipping losses.
(6) The domestic production of strategic and critical materials during the mobilization period, the military conflict, and the subsequent period of replenishment, taking into consideration possible shipping losses.
(7) Civilian austerity measures required during the mobilization period and military conflict.
**(c) Period within which to replace or replenish materials** The stockpile requirements shall be based on those stra
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 98b
fense for Acquisition and Sustainment (Under Sec-
retary) is designated to have authority to release stra-
tegic and critical materials from the National Defense
Stockpile.
SEC. 3. Execution and Consultation. In executing the
authority conferred by this order, the Under Secretary
may release strategic and critical materials from the
National Defense Stockpile for use, sale, or other dis-
position only when required for use, manufacture, or
production for purposes of national defense. No release
is authorized for economic or budgetary purposes. Prior
to ordering the release of strategic and critical mate-
rials from the National Defense Stockpile, the Under
Secretary shall consult with the heads of relevant exec-
utive departments and agencies.
SEC. 4. Authority. (a) All previously issued orders, reg-
ulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other ac-
tions relating to any function affected by this order
shall remain in effect except to the extent that they
are inconsistent with this order or are subsequently
amended or revoked under proper authority. Nothing in
this order shall affect the validity or force of anything
done under previous delegations or another assignment
of authority under the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stock Piling Act.
(b) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities
assigned under Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012
(National Defense Resources Preparedness) [50 U.S.C.
4553 note].
SEC. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive de-
partment or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget re
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