---identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s323.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "44 CFR § 323.1 - Purpose."title_number: 44title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"section_number: "323.1"section_name: "Purpose."chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "F"subchapter_name: "PREPAREDNESS"part_number: "323"part_name: "GUIDANCE ON PRIORITY USE OF RESOURCES IN IMMEDIATE POST ATTACK PERIOD (DMO-4)"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 404; Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. app. 2061 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12148 of July 20, 1979, 44 FR 43239."regulatory_source: "45 FR 44579, July 1, 1980, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "323"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t44/s323.1
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 404; Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. app. 2061 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12148 of J... National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 404; Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. app. 2061 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12148 of July 20, 1979, 44 FR 43239.
# 323.1 Purpose.This part:(a) States the policy of the Federal Government on use of resources in the period immediately following a nuclear attack on the United States;(b) Provides general guidance for Federal, State, and local government officials on activities to be accorded priority in the use of postattack resources; and(c) Lists those items essential to national survival in the immediate postattack period.