{"data":{"id":"us/44-cfr-333.32","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 CFR 333.32","heading":"Controlling the general distribution of a material in the civilian market.","body":"No allocation action by FEMA may be used to control the general distribution of a material in the civilian market unless the President, the Administrator, or another official with lawful authority under section 101(b) of the Act has made a written finding that:\n(a) Such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national defense, and\n(b) The requirements of the national defense for such material cannot otherwise be met without creating a significant dislocation of the normal distribution of such material in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship.","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 F—Allocation Actions"],"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":"771493d37a5598e512c007e5ab3a86974e888a5821d4a7ee46b85e24059ec774","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/44-cfr-333.31","next":"us/44-cfr-333.33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}