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[CITE: 50USC98f]

 
                   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

    (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; and
        (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.

    (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, Sec. 7, as added Pub. L. 96-41, Sec. 2(a), July 
30, 1979, 93 Stat. 322; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(e)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1067(13), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 98f, acts June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 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.


                               Amendments

    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''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 98d, 98e, 98h, 98h-7 of this 
title.
