---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 217.61"
title: "10"
number: "217.61"
heading: "Rating Authorizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/217.61"
---

# §217.61. Rating Authorizations.

- (a) **A Rating Authorization is an official action granting specific priority rating authority that—**
  - (1) Permits a person to place a priority rating on an order for an item or service not normally ratable under this part; or
  - (2) **Authorizes a person to modify a priority rating on a specific order or series of contracts or orders.**
- (b) To request priority rating authority, see [§ 217.41](/cfr/10/217.41.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 4501-4568; E.O. 12919, as amended, (59 FR 29525 June 7, 1994).

### Source

Source: 76 FR 33619, June 9, 2011, unless otherwise noted.