SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND OBSOLETE MATERIALS
IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), in order to reduce the quantities of mate-
rials in the National Defense Stockpile that are obsolete
for military purposes or in excess supply in the stockpile,
the President shall dispose of materials in the stockpile
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
Asbestos, Amosite ........................................................
ST
34,005
Asbestos, Amosite, NSG ..............................................
ST
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
Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline ...................
ST
17,217
Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline, NSG .........
ST
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
Required Stockpile Disposals—Continued
Obsolete or excess material for disposal
Unit
Quantity
Lead .............................................................................
ST
601,043
Lead, NSG ..................................................................
ST
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
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
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
Zinc ..............................................................................
ST
378,768
(b) EXCEPTION
TO DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.—
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the disposal
of a material set forth in the table in that subsection if
the President determines after the date of the enactment
of this Act that the material is once again needed for the
stockpile.
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR SILVER.—The disposal of sil-
ver under subsection (a) may only occur in the form of
coins.
(d) REPEAL
OF PREVIOUS DISPOSAL AUTHORI-
TIES.—All authorities of the President or the National
Defense Stockpile Manager in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act regarding the disposal
of specific quantities of materials in the stockpile are here-
by repealed.
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE-
RIALS IN INADEQUATE SUPPLY IN THE NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.
In order to acquire additional quantities of those
strategic and critical materials that are in deficient supply
in the National Defense Stockpile, the President shall ac-
quire strategic and critical materials for the stockpile in
the materials, and in the quantities, set forth in the follow-
ing table:
Required Stockpile Acquisitions
Material to be acquired
Unit
Quantity
Beryllium Metal .......................................................
ST
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
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
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS OF DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION
PROGRAM.
(a) TEN-YEAR PERIOD FOR DISPOSAL AND ACQUISI-
TION.—The President shall complete the disposals of ma-
terials required by section 2, and the acquisitions of stra-
tegic and critical materials required by section 3, not later
than September 30, 2002.
(b) EXISTING DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION PROCE-
DURES.—The disposal of materials under section 2 and
the acquisition of strategic and critical materials under
section 3 shall be carried out in the manner provided in
section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Pil-
ing Act (50 U.S.C. 98e(b)), including the requirement to
avoid undue disruption of the usual markets of producers,
processors, and consumers of such materials.
(c) USE OF BARTER AUTHORIZED.—The President
is authorized to enter into barter arrangements to dispose
of materials required to be disposed of under section 2
in order to acquire strategic and critical materials required
to be acquired under section 3 or upgrade other strategic
and critical materials in the stockpile.
(d) ANNUAL QUANTITY OF ACQUISITIONS AND DIS-
POSALS.—In order to maintain an orderly acquisition
schedule under section 3, the quantity of each strategic
and critical material acquired under that section during
each of the fiscal years 1993 through 2002 shall be ap-
proximately equal, except that acquisition may occur at
a faster rate to take advantage of favorable purchase or
barter opportunities that may arise. The President may
dispose of materials under section 2 without regard to any
annual limitation on the quantity of such disposals.
(e) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES.—All mon-
eys received from the sale of materials required to be dis-
posed of under section 2 shall be returned to the Treasury
and used to reduce the Federal budget deficit.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:
(1) The terms ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’
and ‘‘stockpile’’ mean the stockpile provided for in
section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).
(2) The terms ‘‘National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund’’ and ‘‘fund’’ mean the National
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established
under section 9(a) of the Strategic and Critical Ma-
terials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).
(3) The term ‘‘NSG’’, with regard to a material
specified in the table in section 2, means non-speci-
fication grade material.
SEC. 5. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DISPOSAL AND
ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS.
Not later than February 15, 1994, the President
shall submit to Congress a report describing the manner
in which the President will implement and carry out the
disposals of strategic and critical materials required by
section 2, and the acquisitions of such materials required
by section 3.
SEC. 6. REPEAL OF DISPOSAL LIMITATION.
Section 5(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98d(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘, or (2)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘$100,000,000.’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof a period.
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 3301 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-
190; 105 Stat. 1583) is amended in subsections (a) and
(d)—