| Shorttitle: | Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of 1939 |
| Longtitle: | An Act to provide for the common defense by acquiring stocks of strategic and critical materials essential to the needs of industry for the manufacture of supplies for the armed forces and the civilian population in time of a national emergency, and to encourage, as far as possible, the further development of strategic and critical materials within the United States for common defense. |
| Colloquialacronym: | SCMA |
| Nickname: | National Defense Stockpile Act of 1939 |
| Enacted By: | 76th |
| Effective Date: | June 7, 1939 |
| Title Amended: | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
| Sections Created: | § 98 et seq. |
| Introducedin: | Senate |
| Introducedby: | Elbert D. Thomas (D–UT) |
| Introduceddate: | February 28, 1939 |
| Committees: | Senate Military Affairs, House Military Affairs |
| Passedbody1: | Senate |
| Passeddate1: | March 31, 1939 |
| Passedvote1: | 56-13 |
| Passedbody2: | House |
| Passeddate2: | April 25, 1939 |
| Passedvote2: | Passed, in lieu of |
| Conferencedate: | May 15, 1939 |
| Passedbody3: | House |
| Passeddate3: | June 1, 1939 |
| Passedvote3: | Agreed |
| Passedbody4: | Senate |
| Passeddate4: | June 5, 1939 |
| Passedvote4: | Agreed |
| Signedpresident: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Signeddate: | June 7, 1939 |
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of 1939, 50 USC § 98, is a United States federal law establishing strategic materials supply reserves for the United States common defense, industrial demands, and military commitments. The Act of Congress authorize the acquisition of raw material stocks for inventory disposition, rotation, and storage within the United States.
The Senate legislation was passed by the 76th Congressional session and enacted into law by the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt on June 7, 1939.
The strategic war materials federal law was drafted as seven sections providing critical material supplies in the event of dependence for a national emergency or threat to the national security of the United States.
| 50 U.S.C. § 1 ~ | Declaration of Policy | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 2 ~ | Determination of Strategic and Critical Materials Quantities of Strategic and Critical Materials | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 3 ~ | U.S. Treasury Purchase Domestic Production or Supply Insufficient Replacement of Stocks of Material Subject to Deterioration Annual Report of Expenditures and Method of Materials Rotation | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 4 ~ | Strategic and Critical Materials Use Restricted President Order for Strategic and Critical Materials Utilization | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 5 ~ | Purchases of American Materials Period Allowed for Production and Delivery from Domestic Source | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 6 ~ | Appropriation Authorized, Fiscal Years 1939-1943 | |
| 50 U.S.C. § 7 ~ | Investigations of Development Domestic Mineral Resources Treatment and Utilization of Lower Grade Reserves, Substitutes, etc. Funds Authorized for Fiscal Years 1940-1943 Specific Bureau Allotments |
Amendments and authorization extensions to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
| Date of Enactment | Public Law No. | U.S. Statute | U.S. Bill No. | U.S. Presidential Administration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 23, 1946 | P.L. 79-520 | Harry S. Truman | |||
| September 21, 1961 | P.L. 87-269 | John F. Kennedy | |||
| September 28, 1962 | P.L. 87-720 | John F. Kennedy | |||
| April 9, 1963 | P.L. 88-8 | John F. Kennedy | |||
| July 14, 1964 | P.L. 88-373 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| July 14, 1964 | P.L. 88-374 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| November 17, 1971 | P.L. 92-156 | Richard M. Nixon | |||
| July 30, 1979 | P.L. 96-41 | Jimmy E. Carter | |||
| December 29, 1979 | P.L. 96-175 | Jimmy E. Carter |
| ☆ National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 | ||
| ☆ Strategic National Stockpile | ||
| ☆ War Assets Administration | ||
| ☆ War reserve stock |
| ♦ Web site: Current List of Strategic and Critical Materials for Stockpiling . October 3, 1955 . Materials Memorandum V-1 ~ D457691 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office. | |
| ♦ Web site: Stockpile Optimization: Energy and Versatility Considerations for Strategic and Critical Materials . Penner . Peter S. . Spek . Jaap K. . May 1976 . Internet Archive . University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. | |
| ♦ Web site: Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act Revision . February 23, 1979 . Hearing on H.R. 2154 ... before the Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session . HathiTrust Digital Library . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office. | |
| ♦ Web site: Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act Revision . March 19, 1979 . Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockpiles of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 290 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office. | |
| ♦ Web site: DTIC ADA116716: The United States Strategic Stockpile of Critical Minerals and Our National Security . April 1, 1982 . Internet Archive . Defense Technical Information Center. | |
| ♦ Web site: Strategic Minerals and Materials . Gentleman . Susan M. . January 10, 1985 . Internet Archive . Ottawa, Canada . Library of Parliament. | |
| ♦ Web site: DTIC ADA361579: Strategic and Critical Materials Report to the Congress . 1998 . Operations Under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act During the Period October 1997 through September 1998 . Internet Archive . Defense Technical Information Center. | |
| ♦ Web site: A: Stockpile History . 2008 . Managing Materials for a Twenty-first Century Military . National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine . Washington, D.C. . National Academies Press . 133-144. |