[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR323.3]

[Page 552]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 323--GUIDANCE ON PRIORITY USE OF RESOURCES IN IMMEDIATE POST ATTACK 
PERIOD (DMO-4)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 323.3  Responsibilities.

    (a) As stated in The National Plan for Emergency Preparedness, the 
direction of resources mobilization is a Federal responsibility. 
However, in the period immediately following an attack, certain 
geographical areas may be temporarily isolated, and State and local 
governments will assume responsibility for the use of resources 
remaining in such areas until effective Federal authority can be 
restored. State and local governments will not assume responsibility for 
resources under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency where the Federal 
agency is able to function.
    (b) As soon as possible after an attack and until specific national 
direction and guidance on the use of resources is provided, Federal, 
State, and local officials will determine what resources are available, 
to what needs they can be applied, how they are to be used, and the 
extent to which resources are deficient or in excess of survival needs. 
They will base determinations as to the relative urgency for use of 
resources primarily upon the importance of specific needs of defense, 
survival, and recovery.