strategic and critical materials
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term “strategic and critical materials” has the meaning given that term in section 12(1) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–3(1)).
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 4817Armed Forces · Industrial Base Fund · in this section
The term “strategic and critical materials” means materials that (A) would be needed to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States during a national emergency, and (B) are not found or produced in the United States in sufficient quantities to meet such need.
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- 1994–present50 U.S.C. § 98HWar and National Defense · Definitions · for the purposes of this subchapter