---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 101.50"
title: "45"
number: "101.50"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/101.50"
---

# §101.50. Policy.

- (a) **Allocation orders will—**
  - (1) Only be used when there is insufficient supply of a material, service, or facility to satisfy national defense supply 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.

## 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.