---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch55/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Priorities and Allocations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch55-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — Priorities and Allocations

Title 50 — War and National Defense › Chapter 55 — Defense Production

## Sections

- [§4511. Priority in contracts and orders](/usc/50/4511.md)
- [§4512. Hoarding of designated scarce materials](/usc/50/4512.md)
- [§4513. Penalties](/usc/50/4513.md)
- [§4514. Limitation on actions without congressional authorization](/usc/50/4514.md)
- [§4515. Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected](/usc/50/4515.md)
- [§4516. Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material](/usc/50/4516.md)
- [§4517. Strengthening domestic capability](/usc/50/4517.md)
- [§4518. Modernization of small business suppliers](/usc/50/4518.md)