[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1601]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 28--MATERIALS AND MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 1601. Congressional statement of findings; ``materials''
defined
(a) The Congress finds that--
(1) the availability of materials is essential for national
security, economic well-being, and industrial production;
(2) the availability of materials is affected by the stability
of foreign sources of essential industrial materials, instability of
materials markets, international competition and demand for
materials, the need for energy and materials conservation, and the
enhancement of environmental quality;
(3) extraction, production, processing, use, recycling, and
disposal of materials are closely linked with national concerns for
energy and the environment;
(4) the United States is strongly interdependent with other
nations through international trade in materials and other products;
(5) technological innovation and research and development are
important factors which contribute to the availability and use of
materials;
(6) the United States lacks a coherent national materials policy
and a coordinated program to assure the availability of materials
critical for national economic well-being, national defense, and
industrial production, including interstate commerce and foreign
trade; and
(7) notwithstanding the enactment of section 21a of this title,
the United States does not have a coherent national materials and
minerals policy.
(b) As used in this chapter, the term ``materials'' means
substances, including minerals, of current or potential use that will be
needed to supply the industrial, military, and essential civilian needs
of the United States in the production of goods or services, including
those which are primarily imported or for which there is a prospect of
shortages or uncertain supply, or which present opportunities in terms
of new physical properties, use, recycling, disposal or substitution,
with the exclusion of food and of energy fuels used as such.
(Pub. L. 96-479, Sec. 2, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2305.)