Find how to acquire, process, qualify, lend or replenish strategic materials for defense reserves and reliable supply.
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What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.
What this is not / limit: Not every foreign-origin or foreign-processed mineral qualifies
Executing role: DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Eligibility gate
Critical-material determination
Processing in United States by statutory domestic sources
Compliance with §3501 and stockpile rules
Funding condition
Discretionary appropriations made available from Stockpile Transaction Fund after Dec.22,2023; FY27 CR restriction on initiating certain multiyear EOQ procurements must be assessed.
All recorded limits
Future-year payments subject to later appropriations
Not every foreign-origin or foreign-processed mineral qualifies