32 CFR § 21.460 - What is the extent of grants officers' and agreements officers' authority?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s21.460"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 21.460 - What is the extent of grants officers' and agreements officers' authority?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "21.460"
section_name: "What is the extent of grants officers' and agreements officers' authority?"
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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# 21.460 What is the extent of grants officers' and agreements officers' authority?

Grants officers and agreements officers may bind the Government only to the extent of the authority delegated to them in their written statements of appointment (*see* § 21.445).