[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 700--DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--Purpose
 
Sec. 700.1  Purpose of this regulation.


    (a) Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.) (Defense Production Act), authorizes the 
President: to require the

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priority performance of contracts and orders necessary or appropriate to 
promote the national defense over other contracts or orders; to allocate 
materials, services, and facilities as necessary or appropriate to 
promote the national defense; and to require the allocation of, or the 
priority performance under contracts or orders relating to, supplies of 
materials, equipment, and services in order to assure domestic energy 
supplies for national defense needs.
    (b) Section 18 of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. app. 
468) (Selective Service Act) authorizes the President to place an order 
with a supplier for any articles or materials required for the exclusive 
use of the U.S. armed forces whenever the President determines that in 
the interest of national security, prompt delivery of the articles and 
materials is required. The supplier must give precedence to the order so 
as to deliver the articles or materials in a required time period. 10 
U.S.C. 2538, and 50 U.S.C. 82, provide similar authority specifically 
for Department of Defense procurement, but only in time of war or when 
war is imminent.
    (c) Section 602(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a(b)) provides that the terms 
``national defense'' and ``defense'' as used in the Defense Production 
Act includes ``emergency preparedness activities'' conducted pursuant to 
Title VI of the Stafford Act. The definition of ``national defense'' in 
Section 702(13) of the Defense Production Act provides that this term 
includes ``emergency preparedness activities'' conducted pursuant to 
Title VI of the Stafford Act.
    (d) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) regulation 
implements the priorities and allocations authority of the Defense 
Production Act and as this authority pertains to Title VI of the 
Stafford Act, and the priorities authority of the Selective Service Act 
and related statutes, all with respect to industrial resources. The DPAS 
ensures the timely availability of industrial resources for approved 
programs and provides an operating system to support rapid industrial 
response to a national emergency.
    (e) To aid in understanding and using the DPAS, an overview of its 
major provisions is incorporated into this regulation as subpart B--
Overview. The full text of the DPAS is found in subparts D through L.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31921, June 11, 1998]