15 CFR § 700.53 - Criteria for assistance.

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title: "15 CFR § 700.53 - Criteria for assistance."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "700.53"
section_name: "Criteria for assistance."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4501  42 U.S.C. 5195,  50 U.S.C. 3816; 10 U.S.C. 2538; 50 U.S.C. 82; E.O. 12656, 53 FR 226, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; E.O. 12742, 56 FR 1079, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 309; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 225."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989."
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# 700.53 Criteria for assistance.

Requests for special priorities assistance should be timely, *i.e.,* the request has been submitted promptly and enough time exists for the Determination Department, Delegate Agency, or the Department of Commerce to effect a meaningful resolution to the problem, and must establish that:

(a) There is an urgent need for the item; and

(b) The applicant has made a reasonable effort to resolve the problem.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as amended at 79 FR 47568, Aug. 14, 2014; 89 FR 58974, July 22, 2024]