---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 789.15"
title: "7"
number: "789.15"
heading: "Extension of priority ratings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/789.15"
---

# §789.15. Extension of priority ratings.

- (a) A person must use rated orders as necessary with suppliers to obtain items or services needed to fill a rated order. The person must use the priority rating indicated on the customer's rated order, except as otherwise provided in this part or as directed by USDA.
- (b) The priority rating must be included as necessary on each successive order placed to obtain items or services needed to fill a customer's rated order. This continues from contractor to subcontractor to supplier throughout the entire procurement chain.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. App. 2061-2170, 2171, and 2172; 42 U.S.C. 5195-5197h.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63898, Oct. 22, 2015, unless otherwise noted.