50 USC 98h-3: Definitions
Text contains those laws in effect on January 7, 2011
From Title 50-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSECHAPTER 5-ARSENALS, ARMORIES, ARMS, AND WAR MATERIAL GENERALLYSUBCHAPTER III-ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC RAW MATERIALS
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§98h–3. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) 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.
(2) The term "national emergency" means a general declaration of emergency with respect to the national defense made by the President or by the Congress.
(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, §12, as added