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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1483

To require the President to dispose of materials in the National Defense

Stockpile that are obsolete for military purposes or in excess supply

in the stockpile and to acquire strategic and critical materials that

are in inadequate supply in the stockpile.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 25, 1993

Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the President to dispose of materials in the National Defense Stockpile that are obsolete for military

purposes or in excess supply in the stockpile and to

acquire strategic and critical materials that are in inadequate supply in the stockpile.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense

5 Stockpile Modernization Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND OBSOLETE MATERIALS

2 IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.

3 (a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Except as provided in

4 subsection (b), in order to reduce the quantities of mate5 rials in the National Defense Stockpile that are obsolete

6 for military purposes or in excess supply in the stockpile,

7 the President shall dispose of materials in the stockpile

8 in the quantities set forth in the following table:

Required Stockpile Disposals

Obsolete or excess material for disposal Unit Quantity

Aluminum Metal .......................................................... ST 2,082

Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive Grain ............................... ST 50,904

Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive Grain, NSG ..................... ST 118

Aluminum Oxide, Fused Crude ................................... ST 249,867

Analgesics .................................................................... ama LB 68,703

Antimony ..................................................................... ST 36,011

Antimony, NSG ........................................................... ST 7

Asbestos, Amosite ........................................................ ST 34,005

Asbestos, Amosite, NSG .............................................. ST 1

Asbestos, Chrysotile ..................................................... ST 9,787

Asbestos, Chrysotile, NSG .......................................... ST 916

Bauxite, Metal Grade, Jamaica & Surinam ................ LDT 17,757,337

Bauxite, Refractory ..................................................... LCT 207,067

Beryl Ore ..................................................................... ST 17,729

Beryllium Copper Master Alloy ................................... ST 7,387

Bismuth ....................................................................... LB 1,825,955

Cadmium ..................................................................... LB 6,328,570

Chromite, Chemical & Met. Grade Ore ....................... SDT 1,551,262

Chromite, Chem. & Met. Grade Ore, NSG ................. SDT 217,441

Chromite, Refractory Grade Ore ................................. SDT 232,414

Chromium, Ferro ......................................................... ST 475,526

Chromium, Ferro, NSG .............................................. ST 18,990

Cobalt .......................................................................... LBCO 12,741,489

Columbium Group, NSG ............................................. LB Cb 1,201,725

Copper ......................................................................... ST 29,047

Copper, NSG ............................................................... ST 604

Diamonds, Industrial, Dies, Small .............................. KT 12,737

Fluorspar, Acid Grade ................................................. SDT 892,856

Fluorspar, Acid Grade, NSG ...................................... SDT 899

Fluorspar, Metallurgical Grade, NSG ......................... SDT 100,822

Germanium .................................................................. KG 715

Graphite, Natural, Ceylon, Amorphous Lump, NSG .. ST 53

Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline ................... ST 17,217

Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline, NSG ......... ST 9

Graphite, Natural, Other than Ceylon & Malagasy .... ST 1,933

Graphite, Natural, Other, NSG .................................. ST 870

Industrial Diamond Bort ............................................ KT 14,020,961

Industrial Diamond Stones ......................................... KT 4,777,225

Iodine ........................................................................... LB 6,054,564

Iodine, NSG ................................................................. LB 1,342

Jewel bearings, NSG ................................................... PC 51,778,337
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Required Stockpile Disposals—Continued

Obsolete or excess material for disposal Unit Quantity

Lead ............................................................................. ST 601,043

Lead, NSG .................................................................. ST 10

Manganese Ore, Chem. & Met. Grades ....................... SDT 1,853,453

Manganese Ore, Chem. & Met. Grades, NSG ............. SDT 882,969

Manganese, Battery Grade, Natural Ore .................... SDT 169,511

Manganese, Battery Grade, Natural Ore, NSG .......... SDT 19,425

Manganese, Battery Grade, Synthetic Dioxide ........... SDT 3,011

Manganese, Ferro ........................................................ ST 786,228

Manganese, Metal, Electrolytic ................................... ST 14,172

Mercury ....................................................................... FL 156,853

Mercury, NSG ............................................................. FL 3

Mica, Muscovite Film, 1st & 2nd Qualities ................. LB 1,155,698

Mica, Muscovite Film, 1st & 2nd Qualities, NSG ...... LB 640

Mica, Muscovite Splittings .......................................... LB 14,355,260

Mica, Muscovite, Block, Stained & Better .................. LB 4,699,701

Mica, Muscovite, Block, Stained & Better, NSG ........ LB 206,730

Mica, Phlogopite Block, NSG ..................................... LB 114,027

Mica, Phlogopite Splittings ......................................... LB 1,486,596

Nickel ........................................................................... ST 37,214

Platinum Group Metals, Iridium ................................. Tr Oz 15,136

Platinum Group Metals, Palladium ............................ Tr Oz 1,262,387

Platinum Group Metals, Palladium, NSG .................. Tr Oz 2,214

Platinum Group Metals, Platinum .............................. Tr Oz 199,247

Platinum Group Metals, Platinum, NSG .................... Tr Oz 13,043

Quinidine ..................................................................... Av Oz 2,471,359

Quinidine, NSG ........................................................... Av Oz 1,691

Quinine ........................................................................ Av Oz 2,770,115

Quinine, NSG .............................................................. Av Oz 475,950

Rutile ........................................................................... ST 39,130

Rutile, NSG ................................................................. ST 56

Sapphire & Ruby ......................................................... KT 16,305,502

Sebacic Acid ................................................................ LB 5,009,697

Silicon Carbide ............................................................ ST 45,080

Silver ............................................................................ Tr Oz 83,951,492

Talc .............................................................................. ST 1,081

Tantalum Group, NSG ................................................ LB Ta 1,152,259

Thorium Nitrate .......................................................... LB 7,097,687

Tin ............................................................................... MT 165,780

Titanium Sponge, NSG ............................................... ST 10,866

Tungsten Group .......................................................... LB W 27,530,759

Tungsten Group, NSG ................................................ LB W 23,805,427

Vanadium Group ......................................................... STV 721

Vegetable Tannin, Chestnut ........................................ LT 11,692

Vegetable Tannin, Quebracho ..................................... LT 121,642

Vegetable Tannin, Wattle ............................................ LT 14,997

Vegetable Tannin, Wattle, NSG .................................. LT 1

Zinc .............................................................................. ST 378,768

1 (b) EXCEPTION TO DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.—

2 Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the disposal

3 of a material set forth in the table in that subsection if

4 the President determines after the date of the enactment
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1 of this Act that the material is once again needed for the

2 stockpile.

3 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR SILVER.—The disposal of sil4 ver under subsection (a) may only occur in the form of

5 coins.

6 (d) REPEAL OF PREVIOUS DISPOSAL AUTHORI7 TIES.—All authorities of the President or the National

8 Defense Stockpile Manager in effect on the day before the

9 date of the enactment of this Act regarding the disposal

10 of specific quantities of materials in the stockpile are here11 by repealed.

12 SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE13 RIALS IN INADEQUATE SUPPLY IN THE NA14 TIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.

15 In order to acquire additional quantities of those

16 strategic and critical materials that are in deficient supply

17 in the National Defense Stockpile, the President shall ac18 quire strategic and critical materials for the stockpile in

19 the materials, and in the quantities, set forth in the follow20 ing table:

Required Stockpile Acquisitions

Material to be acquired Unit Quantity

Beryllium Metal ....................................................... ST 80

Chromium, Metal ..................................................... ST 21,917

Columbium Group .................................................... LB Cb 9,312,215

Graphite, Natural, Ceylon, Amorphus Lump .......... ST 8,038

Indium ...................................................................... Tr Oz 248,846

Jewel Bearings ......................................................... PC 56,751,138

Mica, Phlogopite Block ............................................ LB 299,800

Quartz Crystals ........................................................ LB 159,034
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Required Stockpile Acquisitions—Continued

Material to be acquired Unit Quantity

Rubber, Natural ....................................................... LT 290,552

Tantalum Group ...................................................... LB Ta 6,811,593

Titanium Sponge ...................................................... ST 27,350

1 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS OF DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION

2 PROGRAM.

3 (a) TEN-YEAR PERIOD FOR DISPOSAL AND ACQUISI4 TION.—The President shall complete the disposals of ma5 terials required by section 2, and the acquisitions of stra6 tegic and critical materials required by section 3, not later

7 than September 30, 2002.

8 (b) EXISTING DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION PROCE9 DURES.—The disposal of materials under section 2 and

10 the acquisition of strategic and critical materials under

11 section 3 shall be carried out in the manner provided in

12 section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Pil13 ing Act (50 U.S.C. 98e(b)), including the requirement to

14 avoid undue disruption of the usual markets of producers,

15 processors, and consumers of such materials.

16 (c) USE OF BARTER AUTHORIZED.—The President

17 is authorized to enter into barter arrangements to dispose

18 of materials required to be disposed of under section 2

19 in order to acquire strategic and critical materials required

20 to be acquired under section 3 or upgrade other strategic

21 and critical materials in the stockpile.
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1 (d) ANNUAL QUANTITY OF ACQUISITIONS AND DIS2 POSALS.—In order to maintain an orderly acquisition

3 schedule under section 3, the quantity of each strategic

4 and critical material acquired under that section during

5 each of the fiscal years 1993 through 2002 shall be ap6 proximately equal, except that acquisition may occur at

7 a faster rate to take advantage of favorable purchase or

8 barter opportunities that may arise. The President may

9 dispose of materials under section 2 without regard to any

10 annual limitation on the quantity of such disposals.

11 (e) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES.—All mon12 eys received from the sale of materials required to be dis13 posed of under section 2 shall be returned to the Treasury

14 and used to reduce the Federal budget deficit.

15 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:

16 (1) The terms ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’

17 and ‘‘stockpile’’ mean the stockpile provided for in

18 section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials

19 Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).

20 (2) The terms ‘‘National Defense Stockpile

21 Transaction Fund’’ and ‘‘fund’’ mean the National

22 Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established

23 under section 9(a) of the Strategic and Critical Ma24 terials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).
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1 (3) The term ‘‘NSG’’, with regard to a material

2 specified in the table in section 2, means non-speci3 fication grade material.

4 SEC. 5. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DISPOSAL AND

5 ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS.

6 Not later than February 15, 1994, the President

7 shall submit to Congress a report describing the manner

8 in which the President will implement and carry out the

9 disposals of strategic and critical materials required by

10 section 2, and the acquisitions of such materials required

11 by section 3.

12 SEC. 6. REPEAL OF DISPOSAL LIMITATION.

13 Section 5(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials

14 Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98d(b)) is amended—

15 (1) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’; and

16 (2) by striking out ‘‘, or (2)’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘$100,000,000.’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof a period.

19 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

20 Section 3301 of the National Defense Authorization

21 Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-

22 190; 105 Stat. 1583) is amended in subsections (a) and

23 (d)—
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1 (1) by striking out ‘‘fiscal years 1992 and

2 1993’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal year

3 1992’’; and

4 (2) by striking out ‘‘each of such fiscal years’’

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘such fiscal year’’.

6 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

7 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act,

8 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

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