{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-33.52","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 33.52","heading":"Controlling the general distribution of a material in the civilian market.","body":"No allocation action by the Department of Transportation may be used to control the general distribution of a material in the civilian market, unless the Secretary of the Department of Transportation has:\n(a) Made a written finding that:\n(1) Such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national defense, and\n(2) 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;\n(b) Submitted the finding for the President's approval through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and\n(c) The President has approved the finding.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 33—TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATION SYSTEM","Subpart E—Allocation Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"22842730ab5af493a4cd65e05018c71de9b6c3f9aa25be936d5fa086e3d04f8e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-33.51","next":"us/49-cfr-33.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}