...their fabrication. (1) "Strategic and Critical Materials" means materials (including energy) that (1) would be needed to supply the military, industrial,...civilian needs of the United States during a national security emergency, and (2) are not found or produced in the United States in sufficient quantities...

...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 Act to provide for the acquisition and retention...