---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 239.7303"
title: "48"
number: "239.7303"
heading: "Authorized individuals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/239.7303"
---

# §239.7303. Authorized individuals.

- (a) Subject to 239.7304, the following individuals are authorized to take the actions authorized by 239.7305:
  - (1) **The Secretary of Defense.**
  - (2) **The Secretary of the Army.**
  - (3) **The Secretary of the Navy.**
  - (4) **The Secretary of the Air Force.**
- (b) The individuals authorized at [paragraph (a)](#a) may not delegate the authority to take the actions at 239.7305 or the responsibility for making the determination required by 239.7304 to an official below the level of—
  - (1) For the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; and,
  - (2) **For the military departments, the service acquisition executive for the department concerned.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 69271, Nov. 18, 2013, as amended at 84 FR 4370, Feb. 15, 2019]

### Source

Source: 78 FR 69271, Nov. 18, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36429, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 69271, Nov. 18, 2013, as amended at 84 FR 4370, Feb. 15, 2019]