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SEC. 3402. DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE AND EXCESS MATE-
RIALS CONTAINED IN THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE STOCKPILE.
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the condi-
tions specified in subsection (b), the President may dispose
of obsolete and excess materials currently contained in the
National Defense Stockpile in order to modernize the stock-
pile. The materials subject to disposal under this subsection
and the quantity of each material authorized to be disposed
of by the President are set forth in the following table:
Authorized Stockpile Disposals
Material for disposal
Quantity
Aluminum .....................................................................................
62,881 short tons
Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive Grade .............................................
2,456 short tons
Antimony ......................................................................................
34 short tons
Bauxite, Metallurgical Grade, Jamaican ..................................
321,083 long dry
tons
Bauxite, Refractory ......................................................................
53,788 long dry
tons
Beryllium, Copper Master Alloy .................................................
7,387 short tons
Beryllium, Metal ..........................................................................
300 short tons
Chromite, Chemical Grade Ore ...................................................
34,709 short dry
tons
Chromite, Metallurgical Grade Ore ............................................
580,700 short dry
tons
Chromite, Refractory Grade Ore .................................................
159,282, short dry
tons
Chromium, Ferro Group .............................................................
712,362 short tons
Chromium Metal ..........................................................................
2,971 short tons
Cobalt ............................................................................................
27,868,181 pounds
of contained co-
balt
Columbium Group .......................................................................
2,871,194 pounds of
contained colum-
bium
Diamond, Bort .............................................................................
61,542 carats
Diamond Stones ...........................................................................
3,030,087 carats
Fluorspar, Acid Grade .................................................................
28,047 short dry
tons
Germanium Metal ........................................................................
53,200 kilograms
Graphite, Natural, Ceylon Lump ...............................................
5,492 short tons
Iodine ............................................................................................
871 pounds
Indium ..........................................................................................
50,205 troy ounces
Jewel bearings ..............................................................................
30,237,764 pieces
Manganese, Ferro, High Carbon .................................................
230,481 short tons
Manganese, Ferro, Medium Carbon ............................................
19,752 short tons
Manganese, Ferro, Silicon ...........................................................
202 short tons
Mica, Muscovite Block, Stained and Better ...............................
325,896 pounds
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Authorized Stockpile Disposals—Continued
Material for disposal
Quantity
Mica, Phlogopite Block ................................................................
130,745 pounds
Morphine, Sulfate & Analgesic, Refined ....................................
5,679 pounds of an-
hydrous mor-
phine alkaloid
Nickel ............................................................................................
887 short tons
Platinum .......................................................................................
252,641 troy ounces
Palladium .....................................................................................
1,064,601 troy
ounces
Rubber, Natural ...........................................................................
25,138 long tons
Rutile ............................................................................................
257 short dry tons
Talc, Block & Lump ....................................................................
2 short tons
Tantalum, Carbide Powder .........................................................
28,688 pounds of
contained tanta-
lum
Tantalum, Minerals .....................................................................
2,575,234 pounds of
contained tanta-
lum
Tantalum, Oxide ..........................................................................
163,691 pounds of
contained tanta-
lum
Thorium Nitrate ...........................................................................
551,687 pounds
Tin .................................................................................................
1,077 metric tons
Titanium Sponge .........................................................................
24,830 short tons
Tungsten Group ...........................................................................
82,312,516 pounds
of contained
tungsten
Vegetable Tannin, Chestnut .........................................................
15 long tons
Zirconium .....................................................................................
15,991 short dry
tons
(b) CONDITIONS ON DISPOSAL.—The authority of the
President under subsection (a) to dispose of materials stored
in the stockpile may not be used unless and until the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies to Congress that the disposal of
such materials will not adversely affect the capability of
the National Defense Stockpile to supply the strategic and
critical materials necessary to meet the needs of the United
States during a period of national emergency that requires
a significant level of mobilization of the economy of the
United States, including any reconstitution of the military
and industrial capabilities necessary to meet the planning
assumptions used by the Secretary of Defense under section
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14(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling
Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–5(b)).
(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER DISPOSAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is
in addition to any other disposal authority provided by
law.
SEC. 3403. DISPOSAL OF CHROMITE AND MANGANESE ORES
AND CHROMIUM FERRO AND MANGANESE
METAL ELECTROLYTIC.
(a) DOMESTIC UPGRADING.—In offering to enter into
agreements pursuant to any provision of law for the dis-
posal from the National Defense Stockpile of chromite and
manganese ores of metallurgical grade or chromium ferro
and manganese metal electrolytic, the President shall give
a right of first refusal on all such offers to domestic
ferroalloy upgraders.
(b) DOMESTIC FERROALLOY UPGRADER DEFINED.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘domestic ferroalloy
upgrader’’ means a company or other business entity that,
as determined by the President—
(1) is engaged in operations to upgrade chromite
or manganese ores of metallurgical grade or chro-
mium ferro and manganese metal electrolytic; and
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(2) conducts a significant level of its research,
development, engineering, and upgrading operations
in the United States.
SEC. 3404. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF MANGANESE
FERRO.
(a) DISPOSAL OF LOWER GRADE MATERIAL FIRST.—
The President may not dispose of high carbon manganese
ferro in the National Defense Stockpile that meets the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile classification of Grade One, Speci-
fication 30(a), as revised on May 22, 1992, until completing
the disposal of all manganese ferro in the National Defense
Stockpile that does not meet such classification. The Presi-
dent may not reclassify manganese ferro in the National
Defense Stockpile after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR REMELTING
BY DOMESTIC
FERROALLOY PRODUCERS.—Manganese ferro in the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile that does not meet the classification
specified in subsection (a) may be sold only for remelting
by a domestic ferroalloy producer.
(c) DOMESTIC FERROALLOY PRODUCER DEFINED.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘domestic ferroalloy
producer’’ means a company or other business entity that,
as determined by the President—
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(1) is engaged in operations to upgrade man-
ganese ores of metallurgical grade or manganese ferro;
and
(2) conducts a significant level of its research,
development, engineering, and upgrading operations
in the United States.
SEC. 3405. EXCESS DEFENSE-RELATED MATERIALS: TRANS-
FER TO STOCKPILE AND DISPOSAL.
(a) TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL.—The Strategic and
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘EXCESS DEFENSE-RELATED MATERIALS: TRANSFER TO
STOCKPILE AND DISPOSAL
‘‘SEC. 17. (a) The Secretary of Energy, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall transfer to the stockpile
for disposal in accordance with this Act uncontaminated
materials that are in the inventory of Department of En-
ergy materials for production of defense-related items, are
excess to the requirements of the department for that pur-
pose, and are suitable for transfer to the stockpile and dis-
posal through the stockpile.
‘‘(b) The Secretary of Defense shall determine whether
materials are suitable for transfer to the stockpile under this
section, are suitable for disposal through the stockpile, and
are uncontaminated.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(a) of such
Act (50 U.S.C. 98c(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(10) Materials transferred to the stockpile under
section 17.’’.
TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL
COMMISSION
SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal Com-
mission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996’’.
SEC. 3502. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Pan-
ama Canal Commission is authorized to make such expend-
itures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to it in accordance with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations, as may be necessary under the Panama Canal
Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) for the operation,
maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for
fiscal year 1996.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 1996, the Panama
Canal Commission may expend from funds in the Panama
Canal Revolving Fund not more than $50,741,000 for ad-
ministrative expenses, of which not more than—