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

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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.