---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 700.61"
title: "15"
number: "700.61"
heading: "Rating authorizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/700.61"
---

# §700.61. 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, such as an item not normally ratable under this regulation; 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 [§ 700.51](/cfr/15/700.51.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as amended at 79 FR 47570, Aug. 14, 2014; 89 FR 58975, July 22, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 5195, et seq.; 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.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989.

### Amendments

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as amended at 79 FR 47570, Aug. 14, 2014; 89 FR 58975, July 22, 2024]