Hearing on H.R. 1392, to Provide for the Establishment by Law of the Requirements for Strategic and Critical Materials to be Stockpiled in the National Defense Stockpile, to Transfer Management of the Stockpile to the Secretary of Defense, and for Other Purposes: Before the Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, March 18, 1987, Volume 4 |
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Page v - SEC. 3. (a) The President shall determine from time to time (1) which materials are strategic and critical materials for the purposes of this Act, and (2) the quality and quantity of each such material to be acquired for the purposes of this Act and the form in which each such material shall be acquired and stored. Such materials when acquired, together with the other materials described in section 4 of this Act, shall constitute and be collectively known as the National Defense Stockpile (hereinafter...
Page 1 - The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 am, in room 2216, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles E. Bennett (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Page 17 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: He are pleased to be here today to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) chemical testing program for toxic substances.
Page 69 - States, and thereby decrease and prevent wherever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations for supplies of these materials in times of national emergency.
Page 9 - The quantities of the materials .stockpiled should be sufficient to sustain the United States for a period of not less than three years in the event of a national emergency.
Page 13 - ... in 1977 following 35 years service in the US Navy. His active duty assignments encompassed service in cruisers, destroyers, and naval aviation, including command of a destroyer, a destroyer squadron, and the US Middle East Force. Ashore, he served in the international Security Affairs section of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and, at the time of his retirement, was Director, Strategic Plans and Policy for the Department of the Navy. A 1945 graduate of the US Naval Academy, he subsequently...
Page 69 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA), THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC) AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD (NSRB).
Page 101 - Monday morning. (Whereupon, at 12:10 pm the committee was recessed, to reconvene at 10 am...
Page 72 - Department, the National Security Council (NSC) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to generate strong financial support from our allies.
Page 22 - The reliability of foreign sources is important because the United States relies on imports for many critical materials, such as chromium, germanium, cobalt, and graphite. The NSC study assigned one of three reliability ratings to each of 39 potential exporting countries.