Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS), 1288-1292 [2020-29287]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1288-1292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29287]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 333

[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0019]
RIN 1660-AB04


Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule adopts, with minor technical edits, an interim 
final rule with request for comments published in the Federal Register 
on May 13, 2020, establishing standards and procedures by which the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may require certain 
contracts or orders that promote the national defense be given priority 
over other contracts or orders and setting new standards and procedures 
by which FEMA may allocate materials, services, and facilities to 
promote the national defense under emergency and non-emergency 
conditions pursuant to section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950, as amended. These regulations are part of FEMA's response to the 
ongoing COVID-19 emergency.

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective January 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Geier, Office of Policy and 
Program Analysis, 202-924-0196, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background and Legal Authority

    On May 13, 2020, FEMA published in the Federal Register an interim 
final rule establishing standards and procedures by which FEMA may 
require certain contracts or orders that promote the national defense 
be given priority over other contracts or orders and setting new 
standards and procedures by which FEMA may allocate materials, 
services, and facilities to promote the national defense under 
emergency and non-emergency conditions pursuant to section 101 of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. See 85 FR 28500.
    Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA 
or the Act), authorizes the President to require that performance under 
contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) which the 
President deems necessary or appropriate to promote the national 
defense take priority over performance under any other contract or 
order. For the purpose of assuring such priority, the President may 
require acceptance and performance of such contracts or orders in 
preference to other contracts or orders by any person the President 
finds to be capable of their performance.\1\ Section 101 also 
authorizes the President to allocate materials, services, and 
facilities in such manner, upon such conditions, and to such extent as 
the President shall deem necessary or appropriate to promote the 
national defense.\2\ Executive Order 13911, ``Delegating Additional 
Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Health and 
Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19,'' 85 FR 18403 
(Apr. 1, 2020), delegated the President's authority under Section 101 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to health and 
medical resources needed to respond to the spread of Coronavirus 
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within the United States. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security has further delegated these authorities to the FEMA 
Administrator.\3\ FEMA published its interim final rule to comply with 
Section 101(d), which requires agencies delegated authority under 
Section 101 to issue final rules to establish standards and procedures 
by which the priorities and allocations authority is used to promote 
the national defense.
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    \1\ 50 U.S.C. 4511(a)(1).
    \2\ 50 U.S.C. 4511(a)(2).
    \3\ DHS Delegation 09052 Rev. 00.1, ``Delegation of Defense 
Production Act Authority to the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency'' (Apr. 1, 2020).
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    The interim final rule established the Emergency Management 
Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS), which became part of the 
Federal Priorities and Allocations System (FPAS), the body of 
regulations that establishes standards and procedures for implementing 
the President's authority under Section 101(a) of the DPA. This rule 
finalizes the interim final rule.

II. Discussion Public Comments and FEMA's Responses

    The public comment period on the interim final rule closed on June 
12, 2020, and four germane public comments were received. One comment 
was generally supportive of the regulation, pointing out that having 
the EMPAS rule in place allows FEMA to leverage the DPA in response to 
the COVID-19 pandemic over an extended period of time or eventually 
extend it to more general emergency preparedness activities. Given the 
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, FEMA is considering use of the EMPAS 
regulation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic over an extended period of 
time. Since implementation of the regulation in May, FEMA has modified 
and extended an order allocating certain scarce and critical materials 
for domestic use to ensure the resources were not exported from the 
United States without specific approval by FEMA, and continues to 
consider options for using EMPAS to address mission needs. See 85 FR 
48113 (Aug. 10, 2020). Finalizing the EMPAS regulation allows FEMA to 
respond to public comments in a timely manner and ensures FEMA's 
continued ability to use its authorities as appropriate in response to 
the COVID-19 pandemic. FEMA is also better prepared should delegations 
of priorities and allocations authority for other types of resources be 
issued in the future, as it will already have a regulatory framework in 
place.
    The commenter suggested that EMPAS authority should be extended to 
include vaccine active ingredients as well as adjuvant or booster 
additions to vaccines; measures to permit fill and finish of large 
numbers of vaccine doses, including glass vials and other packaging; 
and provide for distribution systems and medical facilities to 
distribute vaccines when available at the most rapid rate. FEMA's 
authority pursuant to EMPAS is clear; the

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President delegated FEMA \4\ the authority to exercise section 101 of 
the DPA with respect to health and medical resources needed to respond 
to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States. The EMPAS 
regulation defines ``health and medical resources'' as ``drugs, 
biological products, medical devices, materials, facilities, health 
supplies, services, and equipment required to diagnose, mitigate, 
prevent the impairment of, improve, treat, cure, or restore the 
physical or mental health conditions of the population.'' This 
definition mirrors the definition of ``health resources'' established 
by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in their Health 
Resources Priority and Allocations System (HRPAS) regulation \5\ to 
ensure consistency across agencies delegated authority by the President 
to utilize these resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Vaccines, which are defined as biological products under section 351(i) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(i)), are considered a 
health and medical resource and thus would fall within the scope of the 
HRPAS and EMPAS regulations, including any materials associated with 
vaccines, including glass vials and other packaging.\6\ Similarly, 
distribution systems and medical facilities for vaccine distribution 
also constitute health and medical resources under EMPAS.\7\ Given the 
need for consistency across agencies to ensure a unified response in 
combating this pandemic and avoid any confusion in implementation, FEMA 
is retaining the definition of ``health and medical resources'' from 
the interim final rule and believes the definition provides sufficient 
clarity regarding the resources covered by the rule.
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    \4\ See Executive Order 13911, 85 FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020), DHS 
Delegation 09052 Rev. 00 ``Delegation of Defense Production Act 
Authority to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency'' (Jan. 3, 2017), and DHS Delegation 09052 Rev. 00.1, 
``Delegation of Defense Production Act Authority to the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency'' (Apr. 1, 
2020).
    \5\ See 45 CFR 101.20.
    \6\ HHS has long held resource authority for health resources. 
See Executive Order 13603, 77 FR 16651 (Mar. 22, 2012) and more 
recently Executive Order 13909, 85 FR 16227 (Mar. 23, 2020). While 
Executive Order 13911 delegated the same authorities to DHS, HHS's 
extensive expertise in this area would be required for any vaccine 
development-related efforts.
    \7\ See 44 CFR 333.8. See also 45 CFR 101.20.
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    The same commenter pointed out that, while FEMA already possesses 
subdelegated authority to use both the Department of Commerce's Defense 
Priority and Allocations System (DPAS) and the Department of 
Agriculture's Agriculture Priority and Allocations System (APAS) 
regulations, having the EMPAS regulations should enhance 
predictability. The commenter noted the EMPAS regulations were 
generally patterned after other Federal Priority and Allocations System 
(FPAS) regulations, with some exceptions. For example, the EMPAS 
regulations discuss rated orders placed by FEMA or a Delegate Agency to 
facilitate sales to third parties. The commenter noted this distinction 
could refer to contracts placed in support of hospitals or other health 
entities or serve as a more general reference to the overarching 
distributor-style role FEMA and other Federal entities have played 
during the COVID-19 pandemic response to date. The distinction could 
also set up a type of hybrid rated order/allocation action. FEMA may 
leverage the EMPAS regulation to facilitate sales to third parties with 
respect to contracts placed in support of entities seeking scarce and 
critical health and medical resources and to assist in the distribution 
of these resources as appropriate. The agency does not intend to create 
a hybrid rated order/allocation action.
    This commenter urged FEMA to be prepared to exercise EMPAS 
authority and delegate authority to assure the ability to produce, 
manufacture, fill, and finish coronavirus vaccines, specifically 
requesting the regulation make clear that emergency authority includes 
the ability to pre-manufacture vials and syringes as necessary to 
provide a large number of vaccine doses. As explained above, although 
vaccines and associated materials are within the authority delegated by 
Executive Order 13911, HHS is the agency with expertise in vaccine 
development and FEMA does not anticipate having a role in that process. 
FEMA believes the regulation provides sufficient clarity regarding the 
resource authority delegated by Executive Order 13911 and no changes 
are required in this final rule.
    Another commenter offered suggested improvements to Sec.  333.13 
regarding timelines for responses to rated order requests. 
Specifically, the commenter recommended changes to Sec.  333.13(d)(2) 
to allow for responses within 6 or 12 hours ``after confirmation of 
receipt by vendor/contractor personnel during normal business hours.'' 
FEMA appreciates that the proposed change would allow vendors and 
contractors more time to handle rated order requests consistent with 
their normal business practices, but rated orders are designated as 
such specifically because of the need to handle them differently than 
ordinary orders. The language in Sec.  333.13(d)(2) mirrors the 
existing Department of Commerce DPAS regulations at 15 CFR 
700.13(d)(2). As explained in the preamble to the interim final rule, 
FEMA adopted language consistent with the DPAS regulation because rated 
orders placed for the purpose of emergency preparedness would require a 
shorter timeframe to ensure delivery in time to provide disaster 
assistance, emergency response, or similar activities. Further, the 
timeframes given in Sec.  333.13(d)(2) are the minimum allowed and only 
apply when ``expedited action is necessary or appropriate.'' As such, 
FEMA does not expect 6- or 12-hour response deadlines to be used 
frequently, and therefore does not expect the regulatory provision to 
impose a substantial burden on vendors and contractors. To ensure 
consistency across FPAS regulations, and because of the nature of 
FEMA's mission, FEMA is retaining the language from the interim final 
rule in the final rule. Additionally, the commenter suggested the use 
of the term ``immediately'' in Sec.  333.13(d)(3) and elsewhere could 
not be realistically defined. The commenter recommended alternative 
language, such as, ``as soon as reasonably practicable'' or ``promptly 
with commercially reasonable efforts.'' Again, the language in EMPAS is 
consistent with the Department of Commerce's DPAS regulations, where 
this provision has been in use since 2014. Given the exigent 
circumstances under which FEMA must provide emergency preparedness, 
mitigation, response, and recovery services, the requirement for 
immediate notification is necessary to ensure the ultimate timely 
delivery of these services. In addition, FEMA does not believe that the 
alternative terms provide a significantly more definite meaning. 
Therefore, FEMA is retaining the language from the interim final rule 
to ensure consistency across FPAS regulations.
    Two commenters focused their comments exclusively on vaccines, a 
topic not directly addressed by EMPAS. One commenter requested an 
ethically produced vaccine that is not developed from aborted fetal 
cells. The EMPAS regulation does not discuss vaccine development. As 
explained above, FEMA's EMPAS regulation is limited to establishing 
standards and procedures for priority and allocation orders for 
``health and medical resources'' as defined in the interim final rule 
at Sec.  333.8. Although vaccines fall within the scope of ``health and 
medical resources'' authority delegated to HHS and to FEMA, FEMA has 
not played a substantial role in the development of

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the vaccine given HHS's expertise in the field and long-standing 
resource authority in the area. Thus, FEMA is not revising the interim 
final rule in this regard. Finally, one commenter stated her lack of 
trust in vaccines and indicated she did not want vaccines to be 
required for school attendance. The EMPAS regulations set standards and 
procedures for priority and allocation orders for health and medical 
resources to promote the national defense in response to the COVID-19 
pandemic. The regulations do not require individuals to be vaccinated.

III. Technical Changes

    This rule makes technical changes to the interim final rule. The 
authority citation for the final rule is being updated to include DHS 
Delegation Number 09052 Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 2017), and to make non-
substantive formatting revisions to authorities previously included. 
The interim final rule contained a placeholder reference to an OMB 
clearance number for an information collection under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. See 44 CFR 333.20(c). OMB issued the related Paperwork 
Reduction Act Notice of Action on May 13, 2020, the same day the 
interim final rule published in the Federal Register. As a result of 
OMB's action, FEMA now has a permanent OMB clearance number. Therefore, 
FEMA is removing from Sec.  333.20(c) the placeholder reference, 
``1660-NW122'' and adding in its place the permanent number, ``1660-
0149.''

IV. Regulatory Analysis

A. Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

    This rule is effective immediately because the delayed effective 
date generally required by the APA is unnecessary. See 5 U.S.C. 
553(d)(3). The interim final rule that this final rule makes final, 
with only technical changes, is already in effect.

B. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, Executive 
Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and Executive 
Order 13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

    Executive Orders 12866 (``Regulatory Planning and Review'') and 
13563 (``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review'') direct agencies 
to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives 
and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that 
maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, 
public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). 
Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both 
costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of 
promoting flexibility. Executive Order 13771 (``Reducing Regulation and 
Controlling Regulatory Costs'') directs agencies to reduce regulation 
and control regulatory costs and provides that ``for every one new 
regulation issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for 
elimination, and that the cost of planned regulations be prudently 
managed and controlled through a budgeting process.''
    This final rule has been drafted and reviewed in accordance with 
Executive Order 12866. This rule has been designated a ``significant 
regulatory action'' and economically significant under Section 3(f) of 
Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, the rule has been reviewed by the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    This final rule adopts the interim final rule (IFR) that 
established standards and procedures by which FEMA may require certain 
contracts or orders that promote the national defense be given priority 
over other contracts or orders and setting new standards and procedures 
by which FEMA may allocate materials, services, and facilities to 
promote the national defense under emergency and non-emergency 
conditions pursuant to section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950, as amended. Accordingly, relative to a post-IFR baseline, this 
final rule has no economic impact. Below, FEMA also examines the rule's 
impacts relative to a pre-IFR baseline.
    This rule sets criteria and procedures under which FEMA will 
authorize prioritization of certain orders or contracts as well as 
criteria under which FEMA will issue orders allocating materials, 
services, and facilities. Under prioritization, FEMA will designate 
certain orders as one of two possible priority levels. Once so 
designated, such orders are referred to as ``rated orders.'' The 
recipient of a rated order must give it priority over an unrated order 
or an order with a lower priority rating. A recipient of a rated order 
may place orders of the same priority level with their suppliers and 
subcontractors for supplies and services necessary to fulfill FEMA's 
rated order. The suppliers and subcontractors must treat the request 
from the recipient as a rated order with the same priority level as the 
original rated order. The rule does not require recipients to fulfill 
rated orders if the price or terms of sale are not consistent with the 
price or terms of sale of similar non-rated orders. The rule provides a 
defense from any liability for damages or penalties for any action or 
inaction required to maintain compliance with the rule.
    The impact of EMPAS on private companies receiving priority orders 
is expected to vary. FEMA's issuance of a priority-rated order will 
generally only modify the timing in which other orders are completed. 
Deferred orders may face delays, which impose a burden on potential 
recipients of these orders. FEMA's exercise of its priorities and 
allocations authorities under section 101 of the DPA and EMPAS is 
expected to have an overall positive impact on the U.S. public and 
industry by creating a framework by which FEMA exercises its delegated 
authorities, as discussed above.
    Since implementation of the regulation in May, FEMA has modified 
and extended an allocation order allocating certain scarce and critical 
materials for domestic use to ensure those resources were not exported 
from the United States without specific approval by FEMA, and FEMA 
continues to consider options for using EMPAS to address mission needs. 
See 85 FR 48113 (Aug. 10, 2020). Finalizing the EMPAS regulation allows 
FEMA to respond to public comments in a timely manner and ensures 
FEMA's continued ability to use its authorities as appropriate in 
response to the COVID-19 pandemic. FEMA is also better prepared should 
delegations of priorities and allocations authority for other types of 
resources be issued in the future.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
requires an agency to consider the impacts of certain rules on small 
entities. The RFA's regulatory flexibility analysis requirements apply 
to only those rules for which an agency was required to publish a 
general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or 
any other law. See 5 U.S.C. 604(a). As discussed previously, FEMA did 
not issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for this action, and was not 
required to do so under any law. Thus, the RFA's requirements relating 
to a final regulatory flexibility analysis do not apply.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    As noted above, no notice of proposed rulemaking was published in 
advance of this action. Therefore, the written statement provisions of 
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, as amended, do not apply to 
this regulatory action. See 2 U.S.C. 1532.

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E. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This rule contains information collections necessary to support 
FEMA's implementation of the President's priorities and allocations 
authority under Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), as 
amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, et seq.). The purpose of this authority is to 
ensure the timely delivery of products, materials, and services 
necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense.
    The Requests for Special Priorities Assistance collection, 1660-
0149, was submitted under OMB's emergency clearance procedures. 
Currently, FEMA is seeking public comment on collection 1660-0149 
through the normal clearance process (see 85 FR 65066, Oct. 14, 2020 
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    \8\ Collection 1660-0149's 30-day comment period ended on 
November 13, 2020.
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    The new Rated Orders, Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals Under the 
Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS) 
collection, 1660-0150, cleared OMB's emergency clearance procedures and 
has an expiration date of 4/30/21. Additionally, FEMA will seek public 
comments on the collection through the normal clearance process.

F. Privacy Act

    Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, an agency must 
determine whether implementation of a proposed regulation will result 
in a system of records. A ``record'' is any item, collection, or 
grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an 
agency, including, but not limited to, his/her education, financial 
transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and 
that contains his/her name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other 
identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or 
voice print or a photograph. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(4). A ``system of 
records'' is a group of records under the control of an agency from 
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some 
identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to 
the individual. An agency cannot disclose any record which is contained 
in a system of records except by following specific procedures.
    In accordance with DHS policy, FEMA has completed two Privacy 
Threshold Analyses (PTAs). DHS has determined that this rulemaking does 
not affect the 1660-1660-0149 and the 1660-0150 OMB Control Numbers' 
compliance with the E-Government Act of 2002 or the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended. Specifically, DHS has concluded that the 1660-0149 
and 1660-0150 OMB Control Numbers are covered by the DHS/ALL/PIA-065 
Electronic Contract Filing System (ECFS) Privacy Impact Assessment 
(PIA). Additionally, DHS has decided that the 1660-0149 and the 1660-
0150 OMB Control Numbers are covered by the DHS/ALL-021 Department of 
Homeland Security Contractors and Consultants, 73 FR 63179 (Oct. 23, 
2008) System of Records Notice (SORN).

G. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination with Indian 
Tribal Governments,'' 65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000, applies to agency 
regulations that have Tribal implications, that is, regulations that 
have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the 
relationship between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes, or on 
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian Tribes. Under this Executive order, to the extent 
practicable and permitted by law, no agency shall promulgate any 
regulation that has Tribal implications, that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs on Indian Tribal governments, and that is not 
required by statute, unless funds necessary to pay the direct costs 
incurred by the Indian Tribal government or the Tribe in complying with 
the regulation are provided by the Federal Government, or the agency 
consults with Tribal officials.
    FEMA has reviewed this final rule under Executive Order 13175 and 
has determined that this final rule does not have a substantial direct 
effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the 
Federal Government and Indian Tribes, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes.

H. Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism,'' 64 FR 43255, August 10, 
1999, sets forth principles and criteria that agencies must adhere to 
in formulating and implementing policies that have federalism 
implications, that is, regulations that have ``substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the National 
Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government.'' Federal 
agencies must closely examine the statutory authority supporting any 
action that would limit the policymaking discretion of the States, and 
to the extent practicable, must consult with State and local officials 
before implementing any such action.
    FEMA has determined that this rulemaking does not have a 
substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between 
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government, and 
therefore does not have federalism implications as defined by the 
Executive order.

I. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)

    Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., an agency must prepare an 
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for any 
rulemaking that significantly affects the quality of the human 
environment. FEMA has determined that this rulemaking does not 
significantly affect the quality of the human environment and 
consequently has not prepared an environmental assessment or 
environmental impact statement.
    Rulemaking is a major Federal action subject to NEPA. Categorical 
exclusion A3 included in the list of exclusion categories at Department 
of Homeland Security Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Revision 01, 
Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, Appendix A, 
issued November 6, 2014, covers the promulgation of rules, issuance of 
rulings or interpretations, and the development and publication of 
policies, orders, directives, notices, procedures, manuals, and 
advisory circulars if they meet certain criteria provided in A3(a-f). 
This interim final rule meets Categorical Exclusion A3(a), ``[t]hose of 
a strictly administrative or procedural nature,'' and A3(b), ``[t]hose 
that implement, without substantive change, statutory or regulatory 
requirements.''

J. Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking

    Under the Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking Act (CRA), 5 
U.S.C. 801-808, before a rule can take effect, the Federal agency 
promulgating the rule must: Submit to Congress and to the Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) a copy of the rule; a concise general 
statement relating to the rule, including whether it is a major rule; 
the proposed effective date of the rule; a copy of any cost-benefit 
analysis; descriptions of the agency's actions under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; and any other 
information or statements required by relevant Executive orders.

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    FEMA has submitted this final rule to the Congress and to GAO 
pursuant to the CRA. The Office of Management and Budget has determined 
that this rule is a ``major rule'' within the meaning of the CRA. As 
this rule contains FEMA's finding for good cause that notice and public 
procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public 
interest, there is not a required delay in the effective date. See 5 
U.S.C. 808(2).

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 333

    Administrative practice and procedure, Business and industry, 
Government contracts, National defense, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Strategic and critical materials.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the interim rule adding 44 
CFR part 333, which was published at 85 FR 28500 on May 13, 2020, is 
adopted as final with the following changes:

PART 333--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM

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1. The authority citation for part 333 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  6 U.S.C. 313, 314; 50 U.S.C. 4511, et seq.; E.O. 
13603, 77 FR 16651; E.O. 13909, 85 FR 16227; E.O. 13911, 85 FR 
18403; DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 2017); DHS Delegation 
09052 Rev 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020).


Sec.  333.20  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  333.20, amend paragraph (c) by removing ``1660-NW122'' and 
adding in its place ``1660-0149.''

Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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