---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 333.30"
title: "44"
number: "333.30"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/333.30"
---

# §333.30. Policy.

- (a) **Allocation orders will—**
  - (1) Be used only when there is insufficient supply of a material, service, or facility to satisfy national defense requirements through the use of the priorities authority or when the use of the priorities authority would cause a severe and prolonged disruption in the supply of materials, services, or facilities available to support normal U.S. economic activities; and
  - (2) **Not be used to ration materials or services at the retail level.**
- (b) Allocation orders, when used, will be distributed equitably among the suppliers of the materials, services, or facilities being allocated and not require any person to relinquish a disproportionate share of the civilian market.
- (c) When a hazard has occurred or is imminent, an allocation order may be used without regard to paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section whenever it is deemed by the Administrator to be necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 313, 314; 50 U.S.C. 4511, et seq.; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651; E.O. 13909, 85 FR 16227; E.O. 13911, 85 FR 18403; DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 2017); DHS Delegation 09052 Rev 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 28510, May 13, 2020, unless otherwise noted.