{"data":{"id":"us/44-cfr-333.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 CFR 333.16","heading":"Changes or cancellations of priority ratings and rated orders.","body":"(a) The priority rating on a rated order may be changed or cancelled by:\n(1) An official action of FEMA; or\n(2) Written electronic notification from the person who placed the rated order (including a Delegate Agency).\n(b) If an unrated order is amended so as to make it a rated order, or a DO rating is changed to a DX rating, the supplier must give the appropriate preferential treatment to the order as of the date the change is received by the supplier.\n(c) An amendment to a rated order that significantly alters a supplier's original production or delivery schedule shall constitute a new rated order as of the date of its receipt. The supplier must accept or reject the amended order according to the provisions of § 333.13.\n(d) The following amendments do not constitute a new rated order: A change in shipping destination; A reduction in the total amount of the order; an increase in the total amount of the order which has negligible impact upon deliveries; a minor variation in size or design (prior to the start of production); or a change which is agreed upon between the supplier and the customer.\n(e) A person must cancel any rated orders that the person (or a predecessor in interest) has placed with suppliers or cancel the priority ratings on those orders if the person no longer needs the items in those orders to fill a rated order.\n(f) A person adding a rating to an unrated order, or changing or cancelling a priority rating must promptly provide written electronic notification to all suppliers to whom the order was sent of the addition, change, or cancellation.","path":["Title 44—Emergency Management and Assistance","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER F—PREPAREDNESS","PART 333—EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM","Subpart D—Priorities and Placement of Rated Orders"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-44.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"8499adaa7eba3192a1771660ef26abf94d2f46ee76f043e278a0e68183fdcb59","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/44-cfr-333.15","next":"us/44-cfr-333.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}