---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 101.61"
title: "45"
number: "101.61"
heading: "Rating Authorizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/101.61"
---

# §101.61. 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 [§ 101.41](/cfr/45/101.41.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, et seq. ), and Executive Order 13603 (77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, March 16, 2012).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 9025, Feb. 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.