...of stocks of these materials and to encourage the conservation and development of sources of these materials within the United States, and thereby decrease and prevent wherever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations of supplies of these materials...

...strategic and critical metals and minerals ... in order to decrease and prevent, wherever possible, a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations for supplies of such materials, " pages 1-2.] 4. US Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Study and Survey...

...of stocks of these materials and to encourage the conservation and development of sources of these materials within the United States, and thereby decrease and prevent wherever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations of supplies of these materials...

...Stockpiling Act of 1946. That purpose was and is to ". . . 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." As evidence of our dependence on foreign...

...(PL 79-520). The 1946 Stockpile Act sets forth a policy to "decrease and prevent whenever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations for supplies of these (critical) materials in times of 138 national emergency." The Act authorized the...

...acquisition of stocks of these materials and to encourage the development of mines and deposits of these materials within the United 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...

...(PL 79-520). THE 1946 STOCKPILE ACT SETS FORTH A POLICY TO "DECREASE AND PREVENT WHENEVER POSSIBLE A DANGEROUS AND COSTLY DEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES UPON FOREIGN NATIONS FOR SUPPLIES OF THESE (CRITICAL) MATERIALS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY." THE ACT AUTHORIZED THE SECRETARIES...

...development of . . . materials within the United 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 tines of national emergency." The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50...

...the 1946 Stockpiling Act, the stated aim of which was "to decrease and prevent wherever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations for supplies of... materials in times of national emergency." 22 Even at the height of the stockpiling...

...of these materials within the United States; thereby decreasing and preventing whenever possible a dangerous and costly dependence of the United States upon foreign nations for supplies of these materials in times of national emergency. The passage of this act reaffirmed the...