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Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters

Sec. 832Preference for recycled strategic and critical materials

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to preference for recycled strategic and critical materials.

Statutory text

Section 848(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and(2)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

(3) From sources described in paragraphs (1) and (2) that produce such strategic and critical materials by extracting such materials from electronic waste..