---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch5/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Acquisition and Development of Strategic Raw Materials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch5-schIII"
sections_count: 22
---

# Subchapter III — Acquisition and Development of Strategic Raw Materials

Title 50 — War and National Defense › Chapter 5 — Arsenals, Armories, Arms, and War Material Generally

## Sections

- [§98. Short title](/usc/50/98.md)
- [§98a. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose](/usc/50/98a.md)
- [§98b. National Defense Stockpile](/usc/50/98b.md)
- [§98c. Materials constituting the National Defense Stockpile](/usc/50/98c.md)
- [§98d. Authority for stockpile operations](/usc/50/98d.md)
- [§98e. Stockpile management](/usc/50/98e.md)
- [§98e–1. Transferred](/usc/50/98e-1.md)
- [§98e–2. Multiyear procurement authority for domestically processed critical minerals](/usc/50/98e-2.md)
- [§98f. Special Presidential disposal authority](/usc/50/98f.md)
- [§98g. Materials development and research](/usc/50/98g.md)
- [§98h. National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund](/usc/50/98h.md)
- [§98h–1. Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors](/usc/50/98h-1.md)
- [§98h–2. Reports](/usc/50/98h-2.md)
- [§98h–3. Definitions](/usc/50/98h-3.md)
- [§98h–4. Importation of strategic and critical ma­terials](/usc/50/98h-4.md)
- [§98h–5. Biennial report on stockpile requirements](/usc/50/98h-5.md)
- [§98h–6. Development and conservation of reliable sources](/usc/50/98h-6.md)
- [§98h–7. National Defense Stockpile Manager](/usc/50/98h-7.md)
- [§98i. Repealed.](/usc/50/98i.md)
- [§99. Transferred](/usc/50/99.md)
- [§100. Nitrate plants](/usc/50/100.md)
- [§100a. Omitted](/usc/50/100a.md)