---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 789.30"
title: "7"
number: "789.30"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/789.30"
---

# §789.30. Policy.

- (a) It is the policy of the Federal Government that the allocations authority under Title I of the Defense Production Act may:
  - (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) Allocations 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: 50 U.S.C. App. 2061-2170, 2171, and 2172; 42 U.S.C. 5195-5197h.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63898, Oct. 22, 2015, unless otherwise noted.