disposition proposed to be followed, and the date upon which the material is to become available for sale or transfer. The plan and date of disposition shall be fixed with due regard to the protection of the United States against avoidable loss on the sale or transfer of the material to be released and the protection of producers, processors, and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual markets: Provided, That no material constituting a part of the stock piles may be disposed of without the express approval of the Congress except where the revised determination is by reason of obsolescence of that material for use in time of war. For the purposes of this paragraph a revised determination is by reason of obsolescence if such determination is on account of (1) deterioration, (2) development or discovery of a new or better material or materials, or (3) no further usefulness for use in time of war. (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, §3, 53 Stat. 811, amended July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 597.) Act July 23, 1946, cited to text, amended section to provide for competitive bidding in the purchase of materials, refinement and processing of materials, and for the disposition of materials which are no longer needed because of a revised determination. § 98c. Reports to Congress. - The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Congress, not later than six months after July 23, 1946, and every six months thereafter a written report detailing the activities with respect to stock piling under sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, including a statement of foreign and domestic purchases, and such other pertinent information on the administration of said sections as will enable the Congress to evaluate its administration and the need for amendments and related legislation. (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 4, 53 Stat. 811, amended July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 598.) Act July 23, 1946, cited to text, amended section generally to provide for semiannual reports to Congress. Former provisions of section related to use of materials acquired and is now covered by section 98d of this title. 3 §98d. Release of stock pile materials. The stock piles shall consist of all such materials prior to July 23, 1946, purchased or transferred to be held pursuant to sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, or after July 23, 1946, transferred pursuant to section 98e of this title, or after July 23, 1946, purchased pursuant to section 98b of this title, and not disposed of pursuant to sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title. Except for the rotation to prevent deterioration and except for the disposal of any material pursuant to section 98b of this title, materials acquired under sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title shall be released for use, sale, or other disposition only (a) on order of the President at any time when in his judgment such release is required for purposes of the common defense, or (b) in time of war or during a national emergency with respect to common defense proclaimed by the President, on order of such agency as may be designated by the President. (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 5, 53 Stat. 812, amended July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 598.) Act July 23, 1946, cited to text, amended section generally to provide for the release of stock pile materials. Former provisions of section related to contracts for purchases and is not covered by section 98b (a) of this title. § 98e. Transfer of surplus materials to stock piles; exceptions; payments; reduction of amount of obligations of Reconstruction Finance Corporation. - (a) Pursuant to regulations issued by the War Assets Administration or its successor, every material determined to be strategic and critical pursuant to section 98a of this title, which is owned or contracted for by the United States or any agency thereof, including any material received from a foreign government under an agreement made pursuant to sections 411-419, of Title 22, or other authority, shall be transferred by the owning agency, when determined by such agency to be surplus to its needs and responsibilities, to the stock piles established pursuant to sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, so long as the amount of the stock pile for that material does not exceed the quantities determined therefor pursuant to section 98a of this title. There shall be exempt from this requirement such amount of any material as is necessary to make up any deficiency of the supply of such material for the current requirements of industry as determined by the Civilian Production Administration or its successor. There shall also be exempt from this requirement (1) any material which constitutes contractor inventory if the owning agency shall not have taken possession of such inventory, (2) such amount of any material as the Army and Navy Munitions Board determines (i) are held in lots so small as to make the transfer thereof economically impractical; or (ii) do not meet or cannot economically be converted to meet, stock-pile requirements determined in accordance with section 98a of this title. The total material transferred to the stock piles established by sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title in accordance with this section during any fiscal year beginning more than twelve months after July 23, 1946, shall not exceed in value (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the fair market value at the time of each transfer) an amount to be fixed by the appropriation Act or Acts relating to the acquisition of materials under sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title. (b) Any transfer made pursuant to this section shall be made without charge against or reimbursement from the funds available under sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, except that expenses incident to such transfer may be paid or reimbursed from such funds, and except that, upon any such transfer from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or any corporation organized by virtue of the authority contained in sections 601-604, 605, 606-606b, 606g, 607, 608-609a, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614-616, and 617 of title 15, and section 343 of title 12, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cancel notes of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and sums due and unpaid upon or in connection with such notes at the time of such cancellation, in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury of the material so transferred. (c) Effective whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall cancel any notes pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the amount of notes, debentures, bonds, or other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to have outstanding at any one time under the provisions of existing law shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount of the notes so canceled. (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 6, 53 Stat. 812, amended May 28, 1941, ch. 135, 55 Stat. 206; July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 598.) Act July 23, 1946, cited to text, amended section generally to provide for transfers to stock piles of surplus materials without reimbursement, and for the reduction of amount of obligations of Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Former provisions of section related to Appropriations and is now fully covered by section 98g of this title. Act May 28, 1941, cited to text, added sentence beginning "Any funds received prior to or after May 28, 1941." Appropriation for investigations, etc. see section 98f, post. § 98f. Investigations of domestic ores, minerals, and agricultural resources for purposes of development, etc. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Mines and the Director of Geological Survey, is 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 found in the United States or its Territories or insular possessions, which are essential to the common defense or the industrial needs of the United 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; on public lands and on privately owned lands, with the consent of the owner, to explore and demonstrate the extent and quality of deposits of such minerals, including core drilling, trenching, test-pitting, shaft sinking, drifting, cross-cutting, sampling, and metallurgical investigations and tests as may be necessary to determine the extent and quality of such deposits, the most suitable methods of mining and beneficiating them, and the cost at which the minerals or metals may be produced. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture is 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 98a of this title to be strategic and critical or substitutes therefor. (June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 7, 53 Stat. 812, amended July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 599.) Subsec. (a) reenacted by act July 23, 1946, cited to text. Subsec. (b) amended generally by act July 23, 1946, cited to text, to provide for agricultural investigations. Former provisions of subsec. (b) related to appropriations for carrying out the work of subsec. (a) and are not covered by section 98g of this title. Appropriation for subchapter generally, see section 98e ante. § 98g. Appropriations. For the procurement, transportation, maintenance, rotation, storage, and refining or processing of the materials to be acquired under sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as the Congress, from time to time, may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections. The funds so appropriated, including the funds heretofore appropriated, shall remain available to carry out the purposes for which appropriated until expended, and shall be expended under the joint direction of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy. (July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 600.) § 98h. Disposition of receipts. -Any funds prior to or after July 23, 1946, received on account of sales or other dispositions of materials under the provisions of sections 98-98h of this title and section 1623 (b) of Appendix to this title, except funds received on account of the rotation of stocks, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 600.) TITLE 50.-WAR, APPENDIX SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT OF 1940 § 301. Declaration of emergency and policy; ordering National Guard to active service. - (a) The Congress hereby declares that it is imperative to increase and train the personnel of the armed forces of the United States. (b) The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations and privileges of military training and service should be shared generally in accordance with a fair and just system of selective compulsory military training and service. (c) The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916 (June 3, 1916, ch. 134, 39 Stat. 166), as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, as an integral part of the first-line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured. To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever the Congress shall determine that troops are needed for the national security in excess of those of the Regular Army and those in active training and service under section 3(b) (section 303(b) of this appendix) the National Guard of the United States, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be ordered to active Federal service and continued therein so long as such necessity exists. (June 29, 1946, ch. 522, § 1, 60 Stat. 341.) Reenactment of sections. - Section 1 of Act June 29, 1946, cited to text provided: "That all of the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, are hereby expressly reenacted, except those provisions which are hereinafter amended or repealed [sections 303, 305, and 316 of this Appendix]." § 302. Registration of male citizens and residents; age limitation. Reenactment of section by act June 29, 1946, ch. 522, § 1, 60 Stat. 341, see note set out under section 301 of this appendix. § 308. Service and health certificates; employment and reemployment provisions; voting during service. * * * (b) In the case of any such person who, in order to perform such training and service, has left or leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of any employer and who (1) receives such certificate, (2) is still qualified to perform the duties of such position, and (3) makes application for reemployment within ninety days after he is relieved from such training and service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year (A) if such position was in the employ of the United States Government, its Territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, such person shall be restored to such position or to a position of like seniority, status and pay; (B) if such position was in the employ of a private employer, such |