An Act to authorize the disposal of mica from the national stockpile and supplemental stockpile
PL 92-91 (S.758), enacted 08/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-91-AUG. 11, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Public Law 92-91 
August 11. 1971 
AN A C T 
[S. 758] 
To authorize the disposal of mica from the naticmal stodspile and the 
supplemental stockpile. 
Mica. 
Disposal. 
note 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of RepreHentatlveH of the 
Vnited Statefi of America in Congress assembled. That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approx-
imately one million four hundred twenty-six thousand twenty-five 
pounds of muscovite block mica; approximately fifty-one thousand 
eighty-seven pounds of muscovite film mica; approximately three 
million one hundred ninety-nine thousand eight hundred seventy-five 
pounds of muscovite mica splittings; and approximately, three hun-
dred fifty thousand pounds of phlogopite mica splittings now^ held 
in the national stockpile established pursuant to the Strategic and 
60 Stat. 596. 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h) and the sup-
plemental stockpile established pursuant to section 104(b) of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 
7^usc 1704 
456^ as amended by 73 Stat. 607. Such disposition may be made without 
regard to the requirements of section 3 of the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act: Provided^ That the time and method of 
disposition shall be fixed with due regard to the protection of the 
United States against avoidable loss and the protection of producers, 
processors, and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual 
markets. 
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SEC. 2. (a) Disposals of the material covered by this Act may be 
made only after publicly advertising for bids, except as provided 
in subsection (b) of this section or as otherwise authorized by law. 
All bids may oe rejected when it is in the public interest to do so. 
Exemptions. 
(jj) xhe material covered by this Act may be disposed of without 
advertising for bids if— 
(1) the material is to be transferred to an agency of the United 
States; 
(2) the Administrator determines that methods of disposal 
other than by advertising are necessary to protect the United 
States against avoidable loss or to protect producers, processors, 
and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual mar-
kets; or 
(3) sales are to be made pursuant to requests received from 
other agencies of the United States in furtherance of authorized 
program objectives of such agencies. 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
Public Law 92-92 
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,n., 
AN A C T 
August 11, 197 1, 
[H. R. 5638] 
To extend the penalty for assault on a police officer in the District of Columbia 
to assaults on firemen, to provide criminal penalties for interfering with 
firemen in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes. 
D.C, firemen. 
Assault penalty. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That suibsection (a) 
of section 432 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Colum-
bia (D.C. Code, sec. 22-505) is amended by inserting after "District 
of Columbia," where such phrase first appears, the following: "or any 
officer or member of any nre department operating in the District of 
Columbia,". 
Approved August 11, 1971.