Byrd Amendment (1971)

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The Byrd Amendment is an amendment to the US Federal "Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act" authored by Senator Harry F. Byrd in 1971.

It was declared a violation of International law by Diggs v. Schultz (152 U.S.App.D.C. 313) in 1972 and repealed by congress in 1977.