Sec.  211.6   Submission and processing of restoration priority requests.

   (a)  Except  as otherwise provided below, all requests for restoration
   priority assignments will be submitted to the Executive Agent in the format
   prescribed by him for processing and certification.

   (b) Priority 3 and 4 applications from county and municipal governments,
   quasi-state and local government agencies and private entites shall be
   forwarded to the Federal Communications Commission for its approval and for
   certification  to  the carriers. These submissions will be in the form
   prescribed by the Commission.

   (c) Industrial/Commercial entities designated for prearranged voluntary
   participation with the Federal Government in a national emergency should
   submit  separate  applications  to  the Commission when requesting the
   assignment of priorities in category 1 or 2. Such assignments will require
   the approval of the National Security Council in order to continue to be
   effective  during  a war emergency. In all cases the justification for
   restoration  priorities  will  contain a validation statement from the
   Government agency with whom participation is prearranged.

   (d) Requests for restoration priority assignments made by Foreign Government
   agencies, except for NATO, NATO national military authority, and such other
   requests as the Executive Agent may be designated, will be submitted to the
   Department of State for initial evaluation and review. The Department will
   forward to the Executive Agent for processing and approval such of these
   requests as it finds acceptable.

   (e)  Requests  for restoration priority assignments made by NATO, NATO
   national military authority, and such other requests as the Executive Agent
   may designate, will be forwarded through established Allied Long Lines
   Agency (ALLA) channels to the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary will
   forward to the Executive Agent for processing and approval such of these
   requests as he finds acceptable pursuant to approved NATO/U.S. procedures.

   (f) Requests for temporary upgrading of restoration priority assignments
   occasioned by special critical conditions, including natural disasters,
   heightened diplomatic and political tenseness, and tracking and control of
   manned space operations, may be submitted to the Executive Agent together
   with such information as he may require for expedited processing decision.

   (g) All assignments, denials and changes of restoration priorities and
   subpriorities  are  subject to review and modification by the National
   Security Council.

   (h) When requesting service from the carriers the user must include the
   certified restoration priority on the service authorization.