---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 20.503"
title: "43"
number: "20.503"
heading: "Scope of authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/20.503"
---

# §20.503. Scope of authority.


Employes shall not engage in any conduct or activity which is in excess of his or her authority, or is otherwise contrary to any law or announced Departmental policy.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950); 30 U.S.C. 1211; 43 U.S.C. 11, 31(a); 5 CFR 2634.903, 2634.905.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 53720, Oct. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.