US Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve (Project Vault)

SECURING AMERICA’S DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAINS AND ENSURING DOMESTIC ACQUISITION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS Executive Order 14415 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1 . Policy . The United States military is the most effective and powerful fighting force on the planet. It fields the most advanced weapons systems and technologies in the world, utilizing cutting edge equipment to dominate the modern battlefield. To continue this dominance in an era of renewed great power competition, the United States must secure its supply chains against physical, cyber, and economic subversion. It is the policy of the United States that not only the finished equipment deployed by our military, but also the critical materials and components necessary to manufacture, maintain, sustain, and repair that equipment,...