[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR21.210]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 21--DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS--GENERAL MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B--Authorities and Responsibilities
 
Sec. 21.210  Vesting and delegation of authority.

    (a) The authority and responsibility for awarding grants and 
cooperative agreements is vested in the Head of each DoD Component that 
has such authority.
    (b) The Head of each such DoD Component, or his or her designee, may 
delegate to the heads of contracting activities (HCAs) within that 
Component, authority to award grants or cooperative agreements, to 
appoint grants officers (see Sec. 21.220(c)), and to broadly manage the 
DoD Component's functions related to grants and cooperative agreements. 
An HCA is the same official (or officials) designated as the head of the 
contracting activity for procurement contracts, as defined at 48 CFR 
2.101--the intent is that overall management responsibilities for a DoD 
Component's functions related to nonprocurement instruments be assigned 
only to officials that have similar responsibilities for procurement 
contracts.