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GAO-10-617R 1 (2010-04-14)

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        Accountabiity *Integrity - Rehiablity
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
                                                     On September 15, 2010, the PDF file
   April 14, 2010                                    was revised to correct a typo. On page
                                                     20 (slide 19), the second step 4 box in
                                                     the graphic was corrected to read 5.
   The Honorable Carl Levin
   Chairman
   The Honorable John McCain
   Ranking Member
   Committee on Armed Services
   United States Senate

   The Honorable Ike Skelton
   Chairman
   The Honorable Howard P. Buck McKeon
   Ranking Member
   Committee on Armed Services
   House of Representatives

   Subject: Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain
   This letter formally transmits the enclosed briefing in response to the National Defense
   Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-84), which required GAO to submit a
   report on rare earth materials in the defense supply chain to the Committees on Armed Services
   of the Senate and House of Representatives by April 1, 2010. As required, we provided a copy of
   this briefing to the committees on April 1, 2010, and subsequently briefed the Senate Armed
   Services Committee staff on April 5, 2010, and the House Armed Services Committee staff on
   April 6, 2010.
   We are sending copies of this report to the appropriate congressional committees. We are also
   sending copies to the Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, Energy, and the Interior. This report is
   also available at no charge on the GAO Web site at http://www.gao.gov. Should you or your staff
   have any questions concerning this report, please contact me at (202) 512-4841 or
   martinb@aogov. Contact points for our Offices of Congressional Relations and Public Affairs
   may be found on the last page of this report. Key contributors to this report were John Neumann,
   Assistant Director; James Kim; Erin Carson; Brent Corby; Marie Ahearn; Barbara El Osta; and
   Morgan Delaney Ramaker.








   Belva M. Martin
   Acting Director
   Acquisition and Sourcing Management
   Enclosure


GAO-10-617R Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain


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