Hearing on H.R. 2154 to Revise the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, to Require that Appropriations for Acquisition of Strategic and Critical Materials be Authorized by Law, to Establish a National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, and for Other Purposes, Before the Seapower and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, February 23, C1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - 60 páginas |
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acquired acquisition or disposal acquisitions and disposals administration amendment Answer appropriated Armed Services authorized by law barter BENNETT bill billion budget budgetary purposes CARLISLE Chairman chrome CHURCH Civilian Tier commodities CONG CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cost Critical Materials Stock Defense Production Act defense requirements Defense Stockpile Transaction delete Department of Defense essential civilian needs excess materials Federal Preparedness Agency going industrial inserting in lieu Israel June 30 KRUEGER language legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lieu thereof long tons Markon MARSHALL Materials Stock Piling military and essential minerals MITCHELL MOLLOHAN moneys National Defense Stockpile national emergency national security national stockpile paragraph President Question Senate short tons smaller stockpile Stock Piling Act stockpile goals stockpile materials stockpile objectives stockpile policy strategic and critical STRATTON subcommittee subsection tegic tion Treasury troy ounces warning period wartime WILLIAM PROXMIRE ZABROWSKI
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Página 22 - Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, though separately identified and organized, function in full coordination and cooperation.
Página 6 - Materials in the stockpile may be released for use, sale, or other disposition — (1) on the order of the President, at any time the President determines the release of such materials is required for purposes of the national defense; and (2) in time of war declared by the Congress or during a national emergency, on the order of any officer or employee of the United States designated by the President to have authority to issue disposal orders...
Página 5 - To the maximum extent feasible— (1) competitive procedures shall be used in the acquisition and disposal of such materials; (2) efforts shall be made in the acquisition and disposal of such materials to avoid undue disruption of the usual markets of producers, processors, and consumers of such materials and to protect the United States against avoidable loss; and (3) disposal of such materials shall be made for domestic consumption.
Página 52 - The quantities of the materials .stockpiled should be sufficient to sustain the United States for a period of not less than three years in the event of a national emergency.
Página 6 - Territories or insular possessions, which are essential to the common defense or the industrial needs of the United States and the quantities or grades of which are inadequate from known domestic sources, in order to determine and develop domestic sources of supply, to devise new methods for the treatment and utilization of lower grade reserves, and to develop substitutes for such essential ores and mineral products...
Página 3 - FINDINGS AND PURPOSE "SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that the natural resources of the United States In certain strategic and critical...
Página 7 - (3) a statement and explanation of the financial status of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund and the anticipated appropriations to be made from the fund during the next fiscal year; and "(4) such other pertinent information on the administration of this Act as will enable the Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of the program provided for under this Act and to determine the need for additional legislation.
Página 4 - ... the United States is incurred in connection with such acquisition or disposal and shall include in such notification the reasons for not complying with any provision of such subsection. (2) Materials in the stockpile may be disposed of under subsection...
Página 6 - SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Mines and the Director of Geological Survey, is hereby authorized and directed to make scientific, technologic, and economic investigations concerning the extent and mode of occurrence, the development, mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and other mineral substances...
Página 5 - The President may waive the applicability of any provision of the first sentence of subsection (b) to any acquisition of material for, or disposal of material from, the stockpile. Whenever the President waives any such provision with respect to any such acquisition or disposal, or whenever the President determines that the application of paragraph (1...