§ 98e.
(c)
Barter; use of stockpile materials as payment for expenses of acquiring, refining, processing, or rotating materials
(1)
The President shall encourage the use of barter in the acquisition under subsection (a)(1) of strategic and critical materials for, and the disposal under subsection (a)(6) or (a)(7) of materials from, the stockpile when acquisition or disposal by barter is authorized by law and is practical and in the best interest of the United States.
(2)
Materials in the stockpile (the disposition of which is authorized by paragraph (3) to finance the upgrading, refining, or processing of a material in the stockpile, or is otherwise authorized by law) shall be available for transfer at fair market value as payment for expenses (including transportation and other incidental expenses) of acquisition of materials, or of upgrading, refining, processing, or rotating materials, under this subchapter.
(3)
Notwithstanding
section 98b(c) of this title or any other provision of law, whenever the President provides under subsection (a)(3) for the upgrading, refining, or processing of a material in the stockpile to convert that material into a form more suitable for storage, subsequent disposition, and immediate use in a national emergency, the President may barter a portion of the same material (or any other material in the stockpile that is authorized for disposal) to finance that upgrading, refining, or processing.
(4)
To the extent otherwise authorized by law, property owned by the United States may be bartered for materials needed for the stockpile.
([June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 6], as added [Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a)], July 30, 1979, [93 Stat. 321]; amended [Pub. L. 97–35, title II, § 203(c)], Aug. 13, 1981, [95 Stat. 382]; [Pub. L. 99–661, div. C, title II, § 3207(b)], Nov. 14, 1986, [100 Stat. 4069]; [Pub. L. 101–189, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3314], Nov. 29, 1989, [103 Stat. 1688]; [Pub. L. 101–510, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3301(a)], (b), Nov. 5, 1990, [104 Stat. 1844]; [Pub. L. 102–190, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3312], Dec. 5, 1991, [105 Stat. 1584]; [Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3302], Oct. 5, 1994, [108 Stat. 3098]; [Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(e)(1)], Feb. 10, 1996, [110 Stat. 509]; [Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3312(b)], (c), Sept. 23, 1996, [110 Stat. 2857]; [Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3306], Nov. 18, 1997, [111 Stat. 2058]; [Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(13)], Oct. 5, 1999, [113 Stat. 775]; [Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(a)], Dec. 26, 2013, [127 Stat. 934]; [Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XIV], §§ 1411(1), 1412, Dec. 27, 2021, [135 Stat. 2018]; [Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(b)], Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 523].)