50 U.S.C. § 98b — National Defense Stockpile

submitted 87 years ago by Pub. L. 96-41 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 251 words · no verdicts yet

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The President decides which materials count as strategic and critical, and how much of each to stockpile. Together with materials from section 98c, these form the National Defense Stockpile. Quantity increases need advance written notice to Congress.

(a) Subject to subsection (c), the President decides from time to time which materials are strategic and critical for this subchapter's purposes, and how much of each material to acquire, and in what form to acquire and store it. Once acquired, those materials — along with the other materials described in section 98c of this title — together make up what's called the National Defense Stockpile, or “the stockpile.” (b) The President must base the decisions required under subsection (a) on the principles laid out in section 98a(c) of this title. (c)(1) The quantity of any material to be stockpiled, as it stood on September 30, 1987, can only be changed as this subsection allows, or as later provided by a law passed after December 4, 1987. (c)(2) If the President wants to increase the quantity of any stockpiled material by acquiring more of it, the President must notify Congress in writing. The President can make the increase after 30 days have passed from the date Congress received that notice. The notice must fully explain and justify the proposed increase.

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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, 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.

(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.

Source credit: (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 3, as added Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 319; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title II, § 3202(a), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1245; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(b)(2), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2057; Pub. L. 102–484, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2653; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3312(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2857; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XIV, § 1412(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2872.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1939Enacted · Pub. L. 96-41 · 93 Stat. 319
1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-180 · 101 Stat. 1245
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-456 · 102 Stat. 2057
1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-484 · 106 Stat. 2653
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2857
2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-263 · 136 Stat. 2872

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-41 on 1939-06-07.

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