§ 98h. National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund
(a)
Establishment
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known as the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “fund”).
(b)
Fund operations
(1)
All moneys received from the sale of materials in the stockpile under paragraphs (5) and (6) of section
98e
(a) of this title shall be covered into the fund.
(2)
Subject to section
98d
(a)(1) of this title, moneys covered into the fund under paragraph (1) are hereby made available (subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriation Acts) for the following purposes:
(A)
The acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of strategic and critical materials under section
98e
(a) of this title.
(B)
Transportation, storage, and other incidental expenses related to such acquisition, maintenance, and disposal.
(C)
Development of current specifications of stockpile materials and the upgrading of existing stockpile materials to meet current specifications (including transportation, when economical, related to such upgrading).
(G)
Contracting under competitive procedures for materials development and research to—
(H)
Improvement or rehabilitation of facilities, structures, and infrastructure needed to maintain the integrity of stockpile materials.
(I)
Disposal of hazardous materials that are stored in the stockpile and authorized for disposal by law.
(d)
Effect of bartering
If, during a fiscal year, the National Defense Stockpile Manager barters materials in the stockpile for the purpose of acquiring, upgrading, refining, or processing other materials (or for services directly related to that purpose), the contract value of the materials so bartered shall—
(1)
be applied toward the total value of materials that are authorized to be disposed of from the stockpile during that fiscal year;