Pub. L. 105-262, tit. VIII, sec. 8109

Sec. 8109. (a) Disposal of Certain Materials in National Defense Stockpile.— Subject to subsection (c), the President shall dispose of materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile and specified in the table in subsection (b) so as to result in receipts to the United States in the amount of $100,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 1999. (b) Disposal Quantities.— The total quantities of materials authorized for disposal by the President under subsection (a) may not exceed the amounts set forth in the following table: 112 STAT. 2323 Authorized Stockpile Disposals Material for disposal Quantity Beryllium Metal 20 short tons Chromium Ferroalloy 25,000 short tons Columbium Carbide Powder 21,372 pounds of contained Columbium Diamond, Stones 600,000 carats Platinum 100,000 troy ounces Platinum—Palladium 150,000 troy ounces Tantalum Carbide Powder 22,688 pounds of contained Tantalum Tantalum Metal Ingots 25,000 pounds of contained Tantalum Tantalum Metal Powder 25,000 pounds of contained Tantalum (c) Minimization of Disruption and Loss.— The President may not dispose of materials under subsection (a) to the extent that the disposal will result in— (1) undue disruption of the usual markets of producers, processors, and consumers of the materials proposed for disposal; or (2) avoidable loss to the United States. (d) Treatment of Receipts.— Notwithstanding section 9 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h), funds received as a result of the disposal of materials authorized for disposal under subsection (a) shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury. (e) Relationship to Other Disposal Authority.— (1) The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is new disposal authority and is in addition to, and shall not affect, any other disposal authority provided by law regarding the materials specified in such subsection. (2) The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is referred to in section 3303 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, and the quantities of the materials specified in the table in subsection (b) are included in the quantities specified in the table in subsection (b) of such section 3303. (f) Definition.— In this section, the term “National Defense Stockpile” means the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).