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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (EAS) — 116 HR 6395 EAS: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 · Sec. 809

Sec. 809. Statement of policy with respect to supply of strategic minerals and metals for Department of Defense purposes

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It is the policy of the United States that the Department of Defense shall pursue the following goals: Ensure, by 2030, secure sources of supply of strategic minerals and metals that will— fully meet the demands of the domestic defense industrial base; eliminate the dependence of the United States on unsecure sources of supply of strategic minerals and metals; and ensure that the Department of Defense is not reliant upon unsecure sources of supply for the processing or manufacturing of any strategic mineral and metal deemed essential to national security by the Secretary of Defense.
Provide incentives for the defense industrial base to develop robust processing and manufacturing capabilities in the United States to refine strategic minerals and metals for Department of Defense purposes. Maintain secure sources of supply of strategic minerals and metals required to maintain current military requirements in the event that international supply chains are disrupted. Achieve the goals described in paragraphs
(1)through
(3)through, among other methods— the continued and expanded use of existing programs, such as the National Defense Stockpile administered by the Defense Logistics Agency; and the continued use of authorities under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.). For purposes of this section, strategic minerals and metals include critical minerals, as defined pursuant to Executive Order 13817.
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