Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials
Key claim: The President determined under Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 that recoverable critical minerals and materials are essential to the national defense, enabling DPA authorities to support their domestic recovery and production.
Abstract
(Presidential Document · Executive Office of the President)
Why this matters
A Presidential Determination under DPA Section 101 is the legal trigger that unlocks Title I priority-rated contracts, allocations, and related industrial-base tools; extending it to ‘recoverable’ critical minerals and materials (i.e., recycled/secondary sources) formally treats domestic mineral recovery as a defense-industrial priority. For the Trade area this matters because it shifts U.S. policy toward reducing reliance on foreign primary sources through domestic supply rather than through tariffs or import restrictions, complementing export-control and critical-minerals legislation already tracked in the vault.