Inclusion of recovery and recycling of strategic and critical materials in national emergency planning assumptions for National Defense Stockpile
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Section 14(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–5(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (6), by inserting, for both essential civilian and defense purposes, after production; (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph (7): (7) (A) The extent to which expanded processing, recovery (including from old mines, industrial slags, fracking wastewater, and all types of e-waste), or recycling capacity in the commercial critical materials markets can assist with meeting defense needs. (B) The quantity of e-waste available domestically and the ability to utilize that e-waste to meet defense needs for strategic and critical materials..