Acquire, store, rotate and dispose of strategic and critical materials
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Materials and strategic stockpiles · Strategic stockpiles
- Statute
- Authority holder
- National Defense Stockpile Manager for §98e(a); President for reserved functions
- Executor · routing lead
- DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Strategic/critical material determination and stockpile requirements
Annual Materials and Operations PlanAll requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Stockpile Transaction Fund and acquisition appropriations/authorizations as applicable; disposals do not authorize general retention/spending beyond §98h.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Stockpile not for ordinary economic/budgetary purposes under §98a
- Avoid undue market disruption; competition where feasible
- Presidential emergency release power has distinct reserved conditions
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProcess sourced
Program process, audience and dated intake check (2026-10-04)
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.