32 CFR § 21.445 - What are the requirements for a grants officer's or agreements officer's statement of appointment?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s21.445"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 21.445 - What are the requirements for a grants officer's or agreements officer's statement of appointment?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "21.445"
section_name: "What are the requirements for a grants officer's or agreements officer's statement of appointment?"
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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# 21.445 What are the requirements for a grants officer's or agreements officer's statement of appointment?
A statement of a grants officer's or agreements officer's appointment:
(a) Must be in writing.
(b) Must clearly state the limits of the individual's authority, other than limits contained in applicable laws or regulations. Information on those limits of a grants officer's or agreements officer's authority must be readily available to the public and agency personnel.
(c) May, if the individual is a contracting officer, be incorporated into his or her statement of appointment as a contracting officer (*i.e.,* there does not need to be a separate written statement of appointment for assistance instruments).