---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 18.203"
title: "48"
number: "18.203"
heading: "Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/18.203"
---

# §18.203. Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.

- (a) **Disaster or emergency assistance activities.** Preference will be given to local organizations, firms, and individuals when contracting for major disaster or emergency assistance activities when the President has made a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Preference may take the form of local area set-asides or an evaluation preference. (See 6.208 and [Subpart 26.2](/cfr/48/subpart26.2.md).)
- (b) **Ocean transportation by U.S. flag vessels.** The provisions of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 may be waived in emergency situations. (See 47.502(c).)

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 46344, Aug. 17, 2007; 72 FR 63086, Nov. 7, 2007; 76 FR 18309, Apr. 1, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 46344, Aug. 17, 2007; 72 FR 63086, Nov. 7, 2007; 76 FR 18309, Apr. 1, 2011]