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Find how to acquire, process, qualify, lend or replenish strategic materials for defense reserves and reliable supply.

3 records in this family–mechanism intersection. These editorial groups do not expand legal scope.

What this group is not: These pathways do not supply interchangeable powers or funds; each retains its own purpose, procedures and exclusions.

Basis: ACQ-43, FIN-01, FIN-11

IND-19 · Strategic stockpiles

Acquire, store, rotate and dispose of strategic and critical materials

Build and manage defense reserves with procurement, storage, processing and rotation; FY26 amendments permit disposal through the most recent annual materials plan rather than only transaction-specific disposal legislation.

What this is not / limit: Stockpile not for ordinary economic/budgetary purposes under §98a

Executing role: DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Authority holder

National Defense Stockpile Manager for §98e(a); President for reserved functions

Eligibility gate

  • Strategic/critical material determination and stockpile requirements
  • Annual Materials and Operations Plan
  • Disposal notice within 15 days under amended §98d(b); applicable acquisition-plan changes and waiver/disposal waits reduced to 30 days

Funding condition

  • Stockpile Transaction Fund and acquisition appropriations/authorizations as applicable; disposals do not authorize general retention/spending beyond §98h.

All recorded limits

  • Stockpile not for ordinary economic/budgetary purposes under §98a
  • Avoid undue market disruption; competition where feasible
  • Presidential emergency release power has distinct reserved conditions
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IND-20 · Materials processing and recycling

Refine, recycle, recover and qualify strategic materials and sources

Process/rotate stockpile materials, recover strategic materials from federal waste/end-of-life equipment, qualify reliable-source facilities and contract for recycling.

What this is not / limit: Not a general municipal recycling or mining subsidy program

Executing role: DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Authority holder

National Defense Stockpile Manager; USD(A&S) and DLA Director for recovery expansion

Eligibility gate

  • Stockpile-purpose processing/qualification; reliable-source eligibility
  • Include transactions in annual plan
  • Recovery programs designed for positive cash flow except national-defense necessity

Funding condition

  • Adequate Stockpile Transaction Fund resources; R&D and recovery costs subject to §98h restrictions.

All recorded limits

  • Not a general municipal recycling or mining subsidy program
  • Research and supplier qualification must relate to statutory materials purposes
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IND-22 · Minerals project development

Co-fund bankable feasibility studies for reliable mineral sources

Help fund technical/economic studies for strategic-material projects; associated project loans or debt purchases require separate DPA congressional authorization and Presidential determination.

What this is not / limit: Study authority alone is NOT authority to issue project loans or buy debt

Executing role: DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Authority holder

National Defense Stockpile Manager

Eligibility gate

  • Reliable-source project
  • Government share no more than 50% of study
  • Federal liability capped at provided funding; no obligation to purchase output
  • Annual-plan inclusion

Funding condition

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

All recorded limits

  • Study authority alone is NOT authority to issue project loans or buy debt
  • Contracts/commitments generally no more than 10 years
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Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.