[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR50]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 50--EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 50.2--Delegation of and Limitations on Exercise of Authority
 
50.201  Delegation of authority.


    An agency head may delegate in writing authority under the Act and 
Executive Order, subject to the following limitations:
    (a) Authority delegated shall be to a level high enough to ensure 
uniformity of action.
    (b) Authority to approve requests to obligate the Government in 
excess of $50,000 may not be delegated below the secretarial level.
    (c) Regardless of dollar amount, authority to approve any amendment 
without consideration that increases

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the contract price or unit price may not be delegated below the 
secretarial level, except in extraordinary cases or classes of cases 
when the agency head finds that special circumstances clearly justify 
such delegation.
    (d) Regardless of dollar amount, authority to indemnify against 
unusually hazardous or nuclear risks, including extension of such 
indemnification to subcontracts, shall be exercised only by the 
Secretary or Administrator of the agency concerned, the Public Printer, 
or the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority (see 50.403).