Requirement to buy strategic materials critical to national security from American sources; exceptions

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART V—ACQUISITION > Subpart I—Defense Industrial Base > CHAPTER 385—OTHER TECHNOLOGY BASE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER II—LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN ITEMS FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

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The following types of end items, or components thereof, containing a specialty metal not melted or produced in the United States: aircraft, missile and space systems, ships, tank and automotive items, weapon systems, or ammunition.

(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VIII, § 842(a)(1) , Oct. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 2335 , § 2533b; amended Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, § 804(a) –(f), Jan. 28, 2008 , 122 Stat. 208–211 ; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(39) , Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 3845 ; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(f)(2) , Jan. 7, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4376 ; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(10) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3505 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 837(c) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1875 ; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 902(77) , Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1552 ; renumbered § 4863 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII , §§ 1870(c)(2), 1883(b)(2), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4285 , 4294; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(d)(18) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 2138 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(d)(2)(A) , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2871 ; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VIII, § 833(a) , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 337 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VIII , §§ 844(a), 845, Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1991 , 1992.)

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