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DOCUMENT RESUME
03395 - [A25S3724]
(Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpile Policy Review].
EMD-77-68; E-125067. September 9, 1977. 12 pp.
Report to Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, Executive Office of the President; by
J. Dexter Peach (for Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and
Minerals Div.).
Issue Area: Materials: Access to Materials (1809); Military
Preparedness Plans: Mobilization-Oriented Industrial
Maintenance Ease (802);Facilities and Material Manegement
(700).
Contact: Energy and Minerals Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051); National
tefense (050).
Organizaticn Ccncerned: Council on International Economic
Pclicy; Department of Defense; Federal Preparedness Agency;
General Services Administration; National Security Council;
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Congressional Pelevarce: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Ccmmittee on Armed Services.
Authority: Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act of
1946.
The pclicy for strategic and critical materials
stockpile, annr :nced by the Ford administration in October 1976,
called for tie capability of supporting U.S. defense
requirements during a major war ovei a 3-year period and
provided for supporting a broad range of basic economic needs
for the civilian population. Findings/Conclusions: The current
stockpile goals way not be met within a reasonable period of
time if the Federal Preparedness Agency (FPA), which is
responsible for managing the stockpile, continues with its
present cautious material acquisition policy and certain
questionable management practices. These practices involve: (1)
disposing of commodities under long-term sales contracts even
though they are needed to satisfy stockpile goals; (2)
offsetting shortages of various higher form materials with
excesses if ores and other lower form (less refined) materials
even though the industrial processing capacity may not be
available to produce the higher forms; and (3) loaning stockpile
materials to other Government agencies or contractors.
Transportation capabilities and other factors may need to be
considered in planning storage of material to be acquired-
Alternative and complementary actions to stockpiling should be
evaluated. The purposes and uses of the new stockpile may need
to be made more explicit in governing legislation. (Author/HTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacpu0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)