Department of Defense appropriations for 1982: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session ....

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Page 282 - States of any material determined to be strategic and critical pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if such material is the product of any foreign country or area not listed as a Communist-dominated country or area...
Page 360 - It also requires the development of preparedness programs and the expansion of productive capacity and supply beyond the levels needed to meet the civilian demand, in order to reduce the time required for full mobilization in the event of an attack on the United States.
Page 280 - To the maximum extent feasible — "(1) competitive procedures shall be used in the acquisition and disposal of such materials ; "(2) efforts shall be made in the acquisition and disposal of such materials to avoid undue disruption of the usual markets of producers, processors, and consumers of such materials and to protect the United States against avoidable loss; and '•(3) disposal of such materials shall be made for domestic consumption.
Page 281 - ... (b) The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to make scientific, technologic, and economic investigations of the feasibility of developing domestic sources of supplies of any agricultural material or for using agricultural commodities for the manufacture of any material determined pursuant to section 2 of this Act to be strategic and critical or substitutes therefor.
Page 281 - States and the quantities or grades of which are inadequate from known domestic sources, in order to determine and develop domestic sources of supply, to devise new methods for the treatment and utilization of lower grade reserves, and to develop substitutes for such essential ores and mineral products...
Page 54 - Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Tactical Warfare Programs) Memorandum for the Deputy for Materiel Acquisition, Office of the Secretary of the Army (RDA) , "Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition Manual 5160.
Page 280 - SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Mines and the Director of Geological Survey, is hereby authorized and directed to make scientific, technologic, and economic investigations concerning the extent and mode of occurrence, the development, mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and other mineral substances...
Page 280 - The President may waive the applicability of any provision of the first sentence of subsection (b) to any acquisition of material for, or disposal of material from, the stockpile. Whenever the President waives any such provision with respect to any such acquisition or disposal, or whenever the President determines that the application of paragraph (1...
Page 44 - Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the Defense Agencies (hereafter referred to collectively as "DoD Components"). The term "Military Services," as used herein, refers to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Page 3 - The 14.5mm training cartridge is fired from the M31 Field Artillery Trainer which, in turn, Is mounted in 105mm, 155mm, and 8-inch howitzers and provides an Inexpensive, subcaliber, live fire training method for artillery forward observers, fire direction personnel, and gunners. Small Arms Ammunition. An amount totaling $53.4 million Is being requested In support of training and war reserve buildup requirements for small arms ammunition.

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