[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.4]

[Page 83]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B_Overview
 
Sec.  700.4  Priorities and allocations in a national emergency.

    (a) In the event of a national emergency, special rules may be 
established as needed to supplement this part, thus ensuring rapid 
industrial response and the timely availability of critical industrial 
items and facilities to meet the urgent national defense requirements, 
including domestic emergency preparedness requirements, of approved 
programs.
    (b) The special rules established in response to the emergency may 
include provisions for the taking of certain emergency official actions 
and the allocation of critical and scarce materials and facilities.

[63 FR 31921, June 11, 1998]