; (B) a country of the national technology and industrial base, as such term is defined in section 4801 of title 10, United States Code; or (C) a qualifying country, as defined in section 225.003 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement or any successor document. . 1412. Authority to dispose of materials from the National Defense Stockpile Pursuant to section 5(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98d(b) ), the National Defense Stockpile Manager may dispose of the following materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile in the following quantities: (1) 8 short tons of beryllium. (2) 154,043 short dry tons of metallurgical grade manganese ore. (3) 5,000 kilograms of germanium. (4) 91,413 pounds of pan-based carbon fibers. (5) Not more than 1,000 short tons of materials transferred from another department or agency of the United States to the National Defense Stockpile under section 4(b) of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98c(b) ) that the National Defense Stockpile Manager determines is no longer required for the Stockpile (in addition to any amount of such materials previously authorized for disposal). 1413. Beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for audit purposes For purposes of an audit conducted under chapter 9A of title 10, United States Code, of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established by section 9 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98h )— (1) the ending balance of $313,633,491.15 reported in the Central Accounting Reporting System of the Department of the Treasury for September 30, 2021, is the Fund Balance with Treasury ending balance on that date; (2) the Total Actual Resources–Collected opening balance for October 1, 2021, for United States Standard General Ledger Account 420100 is $314,548,154.42, as recorded in official accounting records