---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 910.127"
title: "2"
number: "910.127"
heading: "Legal authority and effect."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/910.127"
---

# §910.127. Legal authority and effect.

- (a) A DOE financial assistance award is valid only if it is in writing and is signed, either in writing or electronically, by a DOE Contracting Officer.
- (b) **Recipients are free to accept or reject the award.** A request to draw down DOE funds constitutes the Recipient's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Award.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 57511, Sept. 24, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 2 CFR part 200.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 76024, Dec. 19, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 57511, Sept. 24, 2015]