---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 323.1"
title: "44"
number: "323.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/323.1"
---

# §323.1. Purpose.


This part:

- (a) States the policy of the Federal Government on use of resources in the period immediately following a nuclear attack on the United States;
- (b) Provides general guidance for Federal, State, and local government officials on activities to be accorded priority in the use of postattack resources; and
- (c) **Lists those items essential to national survival in the immediate postattack period.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 404; Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. app. 2061 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12148 of July 20, 1979, 44 FR 43239.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 44579, July 1, 1980, unless otherwise noted.