An Act to authorize the disposal of vanadium from the national stockpile
PL 92-112 (S.774), enacted 08/11/1971

85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-112-AUG. 11, 1971 
333 
Public Law 92-111 
AN ACT 
To authorize the disposal of celestite from the national stockpile and the 
supplemental stockpile. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amey^ica in Congress assembled^ That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi-
mately twelve thousand two hundred and seventy short dry tons of 
celestite now held in the national stockpile established pursuant to the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h) 
and the supplemental stockpile established pursuant to section 104(b) 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
68 Stat. 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, processoi-s, and consumers against avoidable disruption of 
their usual markets. 
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 be rejected when it is in the public interest to do so. 
(b) The 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 
markets; 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. 
August 11, 1971 
[S. 772] 
Celestite, 
Disposal. 
60 Stat. 596. 
7 u s e 1704 
note. 
Bids. 
Exemptions, 
Public Law 92-112 
AN ACT 
To authorize the disposal of vanadium from the national stockpile. 
August 11, 1971 
[S. 774] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representtitives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assembled, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi-
mately one thousand two hundred short tons of vanadium (V content) 
now held in the national stockpile established pursuant to Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h). Such 
disposition may be made without regard to the requirements of sec-
tion 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act: Pro-
vided, 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 
made only after publicly advertising for bids, except as provided in 
Vanadium. 
Disposal. 
60 Stat. 596. 
Bids,