Refine, recycle, recover and qualify strategic materials and sources
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Materials and strategic stockpiles · Materials processing and recycling
- Statute
- Authority holder
- National Defense Stockpile Manager; USD(A&S) and DLA Director for recovery expansion
- Executor · routing lead
- DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Stockpile-purpose processing/qualification; reliable-source eligibility
Include transactions in annual planAll requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Adequate Stockpile Transaction Fund resources; R&D and recovery costs subject to §98h restrictions.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not a general municipal recycling or mining subsidy program
- Research and supplier qualification must relate to statutory materials purposes
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.