32 CFR § 21.205 - What types of instruments are covered by the DGARS?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s21.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 21.205 - What types of instruments are covered by the DGARS?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "21.205"
section_name: "What types of instruments are covered by the DGARS?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS—GENERAL MATTERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 47153, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "21"
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# 21.205 What types of instruments are covered by the DGARS?
The Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS) applies to the following types of funding instruments awarded by DoD Components:
(a) All grants, cooperative agreements, and technology investment agreements.
(b) Other nonprocurement instruments, as needed to implement statutes, Executive orders, or other Federal Governmentwide rules that apply to those other nonprocurement instruments, as well as to grants and cooperative agreements.