---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 101.43"
title: "45"
number: "101.43"
heading: "Criteria for assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/101.43"
---

# §101.43. Criteria for assistance.


Requests for special priorities assistance should be timely, i.e., the request has been submitted promptly and enough time exists for HHS, or the Delegate Agency to affect a meaningful resolution to the problem, and must establish that:

- (a) There is an urgent need for the item; and
- (b) **The applicant has made a reasonable effort to resolve the problem.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, et seq. ), and Executive Order 13603 (77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, March 16, 2012).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 9025, Feb. 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.