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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 5— ARSENALS, ARMORIES, ARMS, AND WAR MATERIAL GENERALLY · SUBCHAPTER III— ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC RAW MATERIALS · § 98a

§ 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.
(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 2, as added Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 319; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title II, § 3202(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1245; Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1961; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2857; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XIV, § 1412, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2048; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 523.)
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  • June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 2
  • Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a)
  • 93 Stat. 319
  • Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title II, § 3202(b)
  • 101 Stat. 1245
  • Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311
  • 107 Stat. 1961
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311(b)
  • 110 Stat. 2857
  • Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XIV, § 1412
  • 126 Stat. 2048
  • 137 Stat. 523
  • 53 Stat. 811
  • July 23, 1946, ch. 590
  • 60 Stat. 596
  • 67 Stat. 634
  • 72 Stat. 1799
  • Pub. L. 90–608, § 402
  • 82 Stat. 1194
  • section 2(a) of Pub. L. 96–41
  • Pub. L. 96–41
  • Pub. L. 112–239
  • Pub. L. 104–201
  • Pub. L. 103–160, § 3311(1)
  • Pub. L. 103–160, § 3311(2)
  • Pub. L. 100–180
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311(c)
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ActJune 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 2
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a)
Stat.93 Stat. 319
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title II, § 3202(b)
Stat.101 Stat. 1245
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