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 5 |
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ACTIVE Administration Admiral CROWE agencies Air Force aircraft AIRLAND BATTLE appropriated ARMY assumptions authorized BATEMAN BECTON BENNETT bill billion capability Chairman CHART civilian cleanup cobalt COMBAT committee concerned Congress cost critical materials defense budget Department of Defense deterrent DICKINSON END STRENGTH Environmental Restoration equipment FEMA FERBER fiscal year 1988 force structure going hazardous waste HOCHBRUECKNER increase industrial Marine Corps ment military missiles MITTINO mobilization modernization multiyear National Defense Stockpile NATO Navy NSC study nuclear operations percent personnel planning President problem procurement question reduce request RESERVE COMPONENTS responsibility SCHAFER Secretary of Defense Secretary WEINBERGER Short Tons SISISKY Soviet Union statement stockpile goals Stockpile Manager stockpile program strategic and critical Strategic Defense Initiative Subcommittee T-Fund Thank things threat Transaction Fund United WAR RESERVE STOCKS Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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Page 34 - IG performs audits within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified Commands, the Defense agencies, and the Military Departments.
Page 4 - President determines that there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the environment because of an actual or threatened release of a hazardous substance from a facility...
Page iii - 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 67 - 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 2 - 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.
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Page 63 - Warde, thank you very much for your testimony. It has been very helpful to the committee.
Page 4 - Although in the past, wastes from these operations were disposed of by the commonly accepted practices of the times, we have found that such practices may have resulted in environmental contamination and risks to public health and the environment. In response to that knowledge, programs were developed in the late 1970 's by the Military Services to identify and assess the problems on active military installations.
Page 65 - I will be pleased to answer any questions that you or the members of the subcommittee may have.
Page 50 - October 1, 1994, the quantities of materials to be stockpiled under this Act should be sufficient to sustain the United States for a period of not less than three years during a national emergency situation that would necessitate total mobilization of the economy of the United States for a sustained conventional global war of indefinite duration. (3) On and after October 1, 1994, the quantities of materials stockpiled under this Act should be sufficient to meet the needs of the United States during...