---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 22.210"
title: "32"
number: "22.210"
heading: "Authority for providing assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/22.210"
---

# §22.210. Authority for providing assistance.

- (a) Before a grant or cooperative agreement may be used, the grants officer must:
  - (1) Identify the program statute, the statute that authorizes the DoD Component to carry out the activity the principal purpose of which is assistance (see [32 CFR 21.410 through 21.420](/cfr/32/21.410..21.420.md).
  - (2) **Review the program statute to determine if it contains requirements that affect the—**
    - (i) **Solicitation, selection, and award processes.** For example, program statutes may authorize assistance to be provided only to certain types of recipients; may require that recipients meet certain other criteria to be eligible to receive assistance; or require that a specific process shall be used to review recipients' proposals.
    - (ii) **Terms and conditions of the award.** For example, some program statutes require a specific level of cost sharing or matching.
- (b) The grants officer shall ensure that the award of DoD appropriations through a grant or cooperative agreement for a research project meets the standards of [10 U.S.C. 2358](/usc/10/2358.md), DoD's broad authority to carry out research, even if the research project is authorized under a statutory authority other than [10 U.S.C. 2358](/usc/10/2358.md). The standards of [10 U.S.C. 2358](/usc/10/2358.md) are that, in the opinion of the Head of the DoD Component or his or her designee, the projects must be:
  - (1) **Necessary to the responsibilities of the DoD Component.**
  - (2) **Related to weapons systems and other military needs or of potential interest to the DoD Component.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 12164, Mar. 12, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 63 FR 12164, Mar. 12, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 12164, Mar. 12, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003]