Action brief · IND-22

Co-fund bankable feasibility studies for reliable mineral sources

Objective

Expand production

Family / instrument

Materials and strategic stockpiles · Minerals project development

Statute

50 U.S.C. § 98h-6

Authority holder

National Defense Stockpile Manager

Executor · routing lead

DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Reliable-source project

Government share no more than 50% of study

All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Adequate Stockpile Transaction Fund funds; subsequent credit requires DPA/appropriations gate.

All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Study authority alone is NOT authority to issue project loans or buy debt

Contracts/commitments generally no more than 10 years

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

DLA FY2025 National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Agency Financial Report

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.