---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 33.61"
title: "49"
number: "33.61"
heading: "Rating authorizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/33.61"
---

# §33.61. 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 [§ 33.41](/cfr/49/33.41.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 82; 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 2061-2171; 50 U.S.C. App § 468; Executive Order 12742, (56 FR 1079, January 8, 1991); Executive Order 13603, (77 FR 16651, March 16, 2012).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 59801, Oct. 1, 2012, unless otherwise noted.