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IND-19 / Materials and strategic stockpiles

Acquire, store, rotate and dispose of strategic and critical materials

Build and manage defense reserves with procurement, storage, processing and rotation; FY26 amendments permit disposal through the most recent annual materials plan rather than only transaction-specific disposal legislation.

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Strategic stockpiles

Materials and strategic stockpiles

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

National Defense Stockpile Manager for §98e(a); President for reserved functions

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Stockpile not for ordinary economic/budgetary purposes under §98a

Recorded executor

DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedStockpile Transaction Fund and acquisition appropriations/authorizations as applicable; disposals do not authorize general retention/spending beyond §98h. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedDLA has a working stockpile buying/selling process, annual-plan controls and historical acquisition/sales results that distinguish contracts from obligations. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Mission goalExpand production
Possible toolIND-19 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis50 U.S.C. § 98b

Authority holder: National Defense Stockpile Manager for §98e(a); President for reserved functions

Other statutory tools

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

DLA has a working stockpile buying/selling process, annual-plan controls and historical acquisition/sales results that distinguish contracts from obligations.

National Defense Stockpile acquisition and sales

Who this route serves
Qualified material sellers/buyers; government stockpile managers.
Administering office / routing lead
DLA Strategic Materials; procurement through the notice’s contracting office and sales under DLA’s published offerings.
Direct implementation

DLA explicitly operates the National Defense Stockpile; its program links to the Stock Piling Act. The 2025 history demonstrates actual transactions, not merely statutory permission.

What this evidence label means
Operating acquisition/sales activity documented

The FY 2025 history records 26 sales offerings yielding 35 contracts and $40.45 million; it separately reports stockpile acquisitions. These are historical results.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

DLA FY 2025 History · Strategic Materials sections(4)R&D,(5)Sales,(6)Acquisition,(7)Germanium recoveryofficial annual report · Evidence record

Program eligibility

  • Material, quantity, purity/quality, packaging and delivery terms come from the particular solicitation; stockpile purpose and materials-plan controls continue.

    DLA mineral supplier pathway · Requirements; Offer Packageofficial program guidance · published 2025-12-12 · Evidence record

Steps and preparation

  • Find the relevantSAM offering, follow its pricing/technical/quality instructions and contractingPOC, then comply with inspection/acceptance and invoice requirements.

    DLA mineral supplier pathway · Search Solicitations; Offer Package; Receiving/Invoiceofficial program guidance · published 2025-12-12 · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • historical appropriation / contracts / obligations · FY 2025

    FY 2025 stockpile recapitalization included$2B appropriation; reported$800M in awarded contracts is distinct from$51M obligated delivery orders.

    DLA FY 2025 History · Strategic Materials§ 6official annual report · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

  • Annual Materials Plan values are maximum anticipated quantities, not commitments to buy or sell; later statute/amendments govern disposal.

    DLA Annual Materials Plan archive · Annual Materials Plan descriptionofficial program guidance · Evidence record

Authority relationship source

DLA FY 2025 History · Strategic Materials§§ 5–6official annual report · Evidence record

DLA offers and materials-plan resources →

procurement/sales discovery: A specific current solicitation controls; an annual plan is not an order.

Source access and verification notes
  • DLA Strategic Materials offers · Acquisition; Sales; Annual Materials Plan; BAAofficial program guidance · Evidence record

    Official search-indexed text read; direct retrieval blockedHTTP403.

  • DLA Annual Materials Plan archive · Annual Materials Plan descriptionofficial program guidance · Evidence record

    Official indexed text read; direct DLA retrieval restrictions apply.

  • DLA mineral supplier pathway · Search Solicitations; Assemble and Submit Offer Package; Receiving/Invoiceofficial program guidance · published 2025-12-12 · Evidence record

    Page says revised December 11, 2025; full official indexed process text read; direct request403.

  • DLA FY 2025 History · Strategic Materials sections(4)R&D,(5)Sales,(6)Acquisition,(7)Germanium recoveryofficial annual report · Evidence record

    FY 2025 reporting period; official indexed relevant passages read, full direct PDF403. No exact publication date/page number claimed.

Research scope and sources checked

Searched DLAoffers, currentAMP archive and annualhistory; read official indexed acquisition/sales data and supplier workflow.

What remains unverified

  • Current open material-specific solicitations and remaining balances were not certified; direct DLA403 prevents complete latest attachment inspection.
  • Use the current corpus’s FY 26§ 1411 disposal amendments, not historical45-day rules in older DLA Act reproductions.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Strategic/critical material determination and stockpile requirements
  • Annual Materials and Operations Plan
  • Disposal notice within 15 days under amended §98d(b); applicable acquisition-plan changes and waiver/disposal waits reduced to 30 days

Limits & exclusions

  • Stockpile not for ordinary economic/budgetary purposes under §98a
  • Avoid undue market disruption; competition where feasible
  • Presidential emergency release power has distinct reserved conditions

Funding conditions

  • Stockpile Transaction Fund and acquisition appropriations/authorizations as applicable; disposals do not authorize general retention/spending beyond §98h.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • DLA Strategic Materials
  • Military Departments supplying requirement data
  • USD(A&S)
    Office profile

Resources

  • National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund
  • DLA finance

Approval

  • National Defense Stockpile Manager; President for reserved functions

Execution

  • DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Partners & review

  • Strategic and Critical Materials Board
  • Commerce / State / Energy as applicable
  • Private miners, processors, recyclers

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedStockpile Transaction Fund and acquisition appropriations/authorizations as applicable; disposals do not authorize general retention/spending beyond §98h. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedDLA has a working stockpile buying/selling process, annual-plan controls and historical acquisition/sales results that distinguish contracts from obligations. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 stockpile chapter read plus full FY26 §1411 amendments; do not use outdated 45-day waits or old transaction-specific disposal-authority formulation.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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