An Act to authorize the disposal of metallurgical grade manganese from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile
PL 92-100 (S.759), enacted 08/11/1971

85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-100-AUG. 11, 1971 
325 
Public Law 92-99 
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August 11. 197.1 
To authorize the disposal of shellac from the national stockpile. 
[s. 755] 
Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis- 
sheiiac, 
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi- 
Disposal. 
mately two million nine hundred thousand pounds of shellac now 
held in the national stockpile established pursuant to the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h). Such 
so stat. 596. 
disposition may be made without regai'd 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. 
SEC. 2. (a) Disposals of the material covered by this Act may be 
Bids, 
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 be rejected when it is in the public interest to do so. 
(b) The material covered by this Act may be disposed of without 
Exemptions. 
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 92-100 
AN ACT 
August 11, 1971 
To authorize the disposal of metallurgical grade manganese from the national 
[s. 759] 
stockpile and the supplemental stockpile. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin- 
Metallurgical 
istrator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of ^"^msp^saf.^"^'^' 
approximately four million four hundred and twenty-four thousand 
eight hundred and forty short dry tons (manganese ore equivalent) 
of metallurgical grade manganese now held in the national stockpile 
established pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stoclc 
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h) and the supplemental stockpile estab- 
so stat. 596. 
lished pursuant to section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended by 73 Stat. 
607). Such disposition may be made without regard to the require- ^^^^^^ ^^°'* 
ments 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 a 
void-
note.