Refine, recycle, recover and qualify strategic materials and sources
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Materials and strategic stockpiles · Materials processing and recycling
- Statute
- Authority holder
- National Defense Stockpile Manager; USD(A&S) and DLA Director for recovery expansion
- Executor · routing lead
- DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Stockpile-purpose processing/qualification; reliable-source eligibility
Include transactions in annual planAll requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Adequate Stockpile Transaction Fund resources; R&D and recovery costs subject to §98h restrictions.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not a general municipal recycling or mining subsidy program
- Research and supplier qualification must relate to statutory materials purposes
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.