2013 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 5 - ARSENALS, ARMORIES, ARMS, AND WAR MATERIAL GENERALLY (§§ 51 - 100a)
Subchapter III - ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC RAW MATERIALS (§§ 98 - 100a)
Section 98f - Special Presidential disposal authority
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 5 - ARSENALS, ARMORIES, ARMS, AND WAR MATERIAL GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER III - ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC RAW MATERIALS Sec. 98f - Special Presidential disposal authority |
Contains | section 98f |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 7, 1939, ch. 190, §7, as added Pub. L. 96-41, §2(a), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 322; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, §1502(e)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, §1067(13), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, title XIV, §1413(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2048. |
Statutes at Large References | 53 Stat. 812 60 Stat. 599 93 Stat. 322 110 Stat. 509 113 Stat. 775 126 Stat. 2048 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-41, Public Law 104-106, Public Law 106-65, Public Law 112-239 |
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(a) Materials in the stockpile may be released for use, sale, or other disposition—
(1) on the order of the President, at any time the President determines the release of such materials is required for purposes of the national defense;
(2) in time of war declared by the Congress or during a national emergency, on the order of any officer or employee of the United States designated by the President to have authority to issue disposal orders under this subsection, if such officer or employee determines that the release of such materials is required for purposes of the national defense; and
(3) on the order of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, if the President has designated the Under Secretary to have authority to issue release orders under this subsection and, in the case of any such order, if the Under Secretary determines that the release of such materials is required for use, manufacture, or production for purposes of national defense.
(b) Any order issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be promptly reported by the President, or by the officer or employee issuing such order, in writing, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, §7, as added Pub. L. 96–41, §2(a), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 322; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1502(e)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1067(13), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XIV, §1413(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2048.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 98f, acts June 7, 1939, ch. 190, §7, 53 Stat. 812; July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 599, related to investigations of domestic ores, minerals, and agriculture resources for purposes of development, etc., prior to repeal by section 2(a) of Pub. L. 96–41.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in former section 98d of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–41.
AMENDMENTS2013—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 112–239 added par. (3).
1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "and the Committee on Armed Services" for "and the Committee on National Security".
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted "Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives" for "Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives".
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