---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 333.32"
title: "44"
number: "333.32"
heading: "Controlling the general distribution of a material in the civilian market."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/333.32"
---

# §333.32. Controlling the general distribution of a material in the civilian market.


No allocation action by FEMA may be used to control the general distribution of a material in the civilian market unless the President, the Administrator, or another official with lawful authority under section 101(b) of the Act has made a written finding that:

- (a) Such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national defense, and
- (b) The requirements of the national defense for such material cannot otherwise be met without creating a significant dislocation of the normal distribution of such material in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship.

## 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.