; (ii) how the Stockpile Manager determined which commercial best practices to select; and (iii) the plan of the Stockpile Manager for using such practices. (C) Each briefing required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall provide a summary of— (i) how the Stockpile Manager has used commercial best practices under the pilot program during the year preceding the briefing; (ii) how many times the Stockpile Manager has used such practices; (iii) the outcome of each use of such practices; and (iv) any savings achieved or lessons learned as a result of the use of such practices. (3) The pilot program established under paragraph (1) shall terminate effective on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. (h) Unless otherwise necessary for national defense, the National Defense Stockpile Manager shall implement recovery programs under subsection (a)(5) to be cash flow positive. . (c) Development and conservation of reliable sources (1) In general Section 15 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98h–6 ) is amended to read as follows: 15. Development and conservation of reliable sources (a) Duties Subject to subsection (c), the National Defense Stockpile Manager shall encourage the development and appropriate conservation of reliable sources of strategic and critical materials— (1) by purchasing, or making a commitment to purchase, strategic and critical materials from reliable sources when such materials are needed for the stockpile; (2) by contracting with facilities located in and owned and controlled by reliable sources, or making a commitment to contract with such facilities, for the processing or refining of strategic and critical materials in the stockpile when processing or refining is necessary to convert such materials into a form more suitable for storage or disposition or meeting stockpile requirements