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[CITE: 50USC98]

 
                   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. 98. Short title

    This subchapter may be cited as the ``Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act''.

(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 1, as added Pub. L. 96-41, Sec. 2(a), July 
30, 1979, 93 Stat. 319.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 98, acts June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 
811; July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 596, related to declaration of 
Congressional policy in enacting this subchapter, prior to repeal by 
section 2(a) of Pub. L. 96-41.


                      Short Title of 1987 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-180, div. C, title II, Sec. 3201, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1245, provided that: ``This title [enacting section 98h-5 of this 
title, amending sections 98a, 98b, 98d, 98e-1, 98h, 98h-2, and 98h-4 of 
this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 98e-1 of 
this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note under this 
section] may be cited as the `National Defense Stockpile Amendments of 
1987'.''


                      Short Title of 1979 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 96-41 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
section and sections 98a to 98h-3 of this title, redesignating former 
section 98h-1 of this title as 98h-4 of this title, amending section 
2093 of the Appendix to this title, sections 1743 and 1745 of Title 7, 
Agriculture, section 741b of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and section 
485 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, enacting a 
provision set out as a note under this section, and repealing a 
provision set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the 
`Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act of 1979'.''


                               Short Title

    Act June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 11, formerly Sec. 10, as added by 
act July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 596; renumbered Sec. 11, Pub. L. 
92-156, title V, Sec. 503(1), Nov. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 427, provided that 
this Act, which enacted this subchapter, be cited as the ``Strategic and 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act'', prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-41, 
Sec. 2(b)(2), July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 324.


                          New Budget Authority

    Section 4 of Pub. L. 96-41 provided that: ``Any provision 
authorizing the enactment of new budget authority contained in the 
amendments made by this Act [see Short Title of 1979 Amendment note 
above] shall be effective on October 1, 1979.''

                        Executive Order No. 12155

    Ex. Ord. No. 12155, Sept. 10, 1979, 44 F.R. 53071, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 12417, May 2, 1983, 48 F.R. 20035, which related to delegation 
of functions vested in President by Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act, as amended [50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.], to various Federal 
agencies and officials, was revoked by Pub. L. 100-180, div. C, title 
II, Sec. 3203(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1247, effective 30 days after 
Dec. 4, 1987.

         Ex. Ord. No. 12626. National Defense Stockpile Manager

    Ex. Ord. No. 12626, Feb. 25, 1988, 53 F.R. 6114, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, including the Strategic and 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), as amended, 
section 3203 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1988 (Public Law 100-180) [amending section 98e-1 of this title and 
enacting a provision set out as a note under section 98e-1 of this 
title], and section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. The Secretary of Defense is designated National Defense 
Stockpile Manager. The functions vested in the President by the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act [50 U.S.C. 98 et 
seq.], except the functions vested in the President by sections 7, 8, 
and 13 of the Act [50 U.S.C. 98f, 98g, 98h-4], are delegated to the 
Secretary of Defense. The functions vested in the President by section 
8(a) of the Act [50 U.S.C. 98g(a)] are delegated to the Secretary of the 
Interior. The functions vested in the President by section 8(b) of the 
Act [50 U.S.C. 98g(b)] are delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture.
    Sec. 2. The functions vested in the President by section 4(h) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
714b(h)), are delegated to the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 3. The functions vested in the President by section 204(f) of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 485(f)), are delegated to the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 4. In executing the functions delegated to him by this Order, 
the Secretary of Defense may delegate such functions as he may deem 
appropriate, subject to his direction. The Secretary shall consult with 
the heads of affected agencies in performing the functions delegated to 
him by this Order.
                                                          Ronald Reagan.
