Action brief · IND-23

Use multiyear and advance procurement for U.S.-processed critical minerals

Objective

Expand production

Family / instrument

Materials and strategic stockpiles · Long-term mineral procurement

Statute

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

Executor · routing lead

DLA Strategic Materials acquisition, materials management, and contracting functions

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Critical-material determination

Processing in United States by statutory domestic sources

All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Discretionary appropriations made available from Stockpile Transaction Fund after Dec.22,2023; FY27 CR restriction on initiating certain multiyear EOQ procurements must be assessed.

All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Not every foreign-origin or foreign-processed mineral qualifies

Future-year payments subject to later appropriations

Legal basisSources linked

RequirementsGates recorded

Public fundingRules recorded

Assigned rolesRoles recorded

EngagementRelated evidence

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

DLA FY2025 National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Agency Financial Report

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.