Us Code § 98e - –2. Multiyear procurement authority for domestically processed critical minerals
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§ 98e. –2. Multiyear procurement authority for domestically processed critical minerals
(a) Authority for multiyear procurement
Subject to section 3501 of title 10 and from amounts made available by discretionary appropriations Acts from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (as established under section 9(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a))) after December 22, 2023, the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the procurement of critical minerals that are processed in the United States by domestic sources.
(b) Application of Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
A multiyear contract entered into under this section shall be deemed to be an acquisition under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).
(c) Authority for advance procurement
The Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2024, for advance procurement associated with the domestically processed critical minerals for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a).
(d) Condition for out-year contract payments
A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2024 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(e) Definitions
In this section:
(1) The term "critical mineral" means a mineral determined to be a strategic and critical material under section 3(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(a)).
(2) The term "processed" means the processing or recycling of a critical mineral or magnet, including the separation, reduction, metallization, alloying, milling, pressing, strip casting, and sintering of a critical mineral.
(3) The term "domestic source" has the meaning given that term in section 4552 of this title.
(Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title I, §152, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 180.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 7, 1939, ch. 190, as added Pub. L. 96–41, §2(a), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 319, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and not as part of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act which comprises this subchapter.
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