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 103 STAT. 1686 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 have been determined to be excess to the current requirements of the stockpile, in accordance with the following table: Material Quantities Asbestos, eunosite 34,000 short tons Bismuth 255,400 pounds Diamond, industrial, crushing bort 8,000,000 carats Fluorspar, metallurgical grade 15,000 short dry tons Graphite, natural, Malagasy, crystalline 3,635 short tons Graphite, natural, other than Ceylon and Malagasy 873 short tons Mercury 15,000 flasks Mica, muscovite block, stained and better 10,000 pounds Silicon carbide 690 short tons Talc, block and lump 28 short tons Tin 5,000 metric tons President of U.S. (c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is in addition to any other disposal authority provided by law. (d) LIMITATION ON DISPOSALS DURING FISCAL YEARS 1990 AND 1991.— The National Defense Stockpile Manager may dispose of materials under this section during each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991 only to the extent that the total amount received (or to be received) from such disposals for each such fiscal year does not exceed the amount obligated from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund during such fiscal year for the purposes au- thorized under section 9(b)(2) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)). SEC. 3303. AUTHORIZATION OF ACQUISITIONS (a) ACQUISITIONS.—During each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991, the National Defense Stockpile Manager shall obligate $180,000,000 out of funds of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts) for the authorized uses of such funds under section 9(b)(2) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)). (b) UPGRADE PROGRAMS.— Of the amount specified in subsection (a), at least $30,000,000 shall be obligated during each of such fiscal years for programs not already required by law for upgrading stockpile materials. PART B—PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES SEC. 3311. STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT, RE- SEARCH, AND CONSERVATION Section 8 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98g) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(c) The President shall make scientific, technologic, and economic investigations concerning the feasibility of— "(1) developing domestic sources of supply of materials (other than materials referred to in subsections (a) and (b)) determined pursuant to section 3(a) to be strategic and critical materials; ., . and ,..,,^„,-... . „. .,...,..,.,, ,.,.„,..:i. ^>*.,:.. - ,., -...i -^i..3...

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