AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.

SEC. 3303. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. (a) Disposal Authorized.—Subject to the conditions specified in subsection (b), the President may dispose of obsolete and excess materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile. The materials subject to disposal under this subsection and the quantity of each material authorized to be disposed of by the President are set forth in the following table: Authorized Stockpile Disposals Material for disposal Quantity Bauxite ................................................................................ 40,000 short tons Chromium Metal ................................................................ 3,512 short tons Iridium ................................................................................ 25,140 troy ounces Jewel Bearings .................................................................... 30,273,221 pieces Manganese Ferro HC ........................................... ............. 209,074 short tons Palladium ............................................................................ 11 troy ounces Quartz Crystal .................................................................... 216,648 pounds Tantalum Metal Ingot ........................................................ 120,228 pounds contained Tantalum Metal Powder .................................................... 36,020 pounds contained Thorium Nitrate ................................................................. 600,000 pounds. (b) Minimization of Disruption and Loss.—The President may not dispose of materials under subsection (a) to the extent that the disposal will result in— 115 STAT. 1390 (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. (c) Relationship to Other Disposal Authority.—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.