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[CITE: 50USC98h-7]

 
                   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. 98h-7. National Defense Stockpile Manager


(a) Appointment

    The President shall designate a single Federal office to have 
responsibility for performing the functions of the President under this 
subchapter, other than under sections 98f and 98h-4 of this title. The 
office designated shall be one to which appointment is made by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b) Title of designated officer

    The individual holding the office designated by the President under 
subsection (a) of this section shall be known for purposes of functions 
under this subchapter as the ``National Defense Stockpile Manager''.

(c) Delegation of functions

    The President may delegate functions of the President under this 
subchapter (other than under sections 98f and 98h-4 of this title) only 
to the National Defense Stockpile Manager. Any such delegation made by 
the President shall remain in effect until specifically revoked by law 
or Executive order. The President may not delegate functions of the 
President under sections 98f and 98h-4 of this title.

(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 16, formerly Sec. 6A, as added Pub. L. 99-
661, div. C, title II, Sec. 3202(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4067; 
amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. C, title II, Sec. 3203(a), Dec. 4, 1987, 
101 Stat. 1246; renumbered Sec. 16 and amended Pub. L. 101-189, div. C, 
title XXXIII, Sec. 3313, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1688; Pub. L. 102-190, 
div. C, title XXXIII, Sec. 3314, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1585.)

                          Codification

    Section was classified to section 98e-1 of this title prior to its 
renumbering by Pub. L. 101-189.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102-190 struck out subsec. (d) which read 
as follows: ``During any period during which there is no officer 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, serving in the position designated by the President under 
subsection (a) of this section or during which the authority of the 
President under this subchapter (other than under sections 98f and 98h-4 
of this title) has not been delegated to that position, no action may be 
taken under section 98e(a)(6) of this title.''
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 3313(b)(1), substituted 
``sections 98f and 98h-4'' for ``sections 98f, 98g, and 98h-4''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 3313(b)(1), (2), substituted 
``sections 98f and 98h-4'' for ``sections 98f, 98g, and 98h-4'' and 
inserted at end ``The President may not delegate functions of the 
President under sections 98f and 98h-4 of this title.'' after 
``Executive order.''
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 3313(b)(1), (3), substituted 
``sections 98f and 98h-4'' for ``sections 98f, 98g, and 98h-4'' and 
``section 98e(a)(6)'' for ``section 98e(b) or 98e(d)''.
    1987--Pub. L. 100-180 amended section generally, revising and 
restating provisions of subsecs. (a) and (b) and adding subsecs. (c) and 
(d).


                            Savings Provision

    Section 3203(c) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``Unless otherwise 
directed by the President under section 6A [renumbered Sec. 16] of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act [this section], as 
amended by subsection (a), the designation of a National Defense 
Stockpile Manager in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act [Dec. 4, 1987] shall remain in effect until the individual 
so designated ceases to hold the office held by the individual at the 
time of the designation.''

    Designation of National Defense Stockpile Manager; Delegation of 
                                Functions

    The Secretary of Defense was designated National Defense Stockpile 
Manager and functions of the President under this section were delegated 
to the Secretary of Defense by section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 12636, Feb. 25, 
1988, 53 F.R. 6114, set out under section 98 of this title.


                   Deadline for Designation of Manager

    Section 3202(b) of Pub. L. 99-661 directed President, not later than 
Feb. 15, 1987, to designate an official as National Defense Stockpile 
Manager, as required by this section.
