---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 21.445"
title: "32"
number: "21.445"
heading: "What are the requirements for a grants officer's or agreements officer's statement of appointment?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/21.445"
---

# §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).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 47153, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted.