36 U.S.C. § 22311 — Liability for acts of officers and agents

This section is short, but here is what it means. The corporation can be held legally responsible for things its officers and agents do. That responsibility only applies when the officer or agent is acting "within the scope of their authority." In plain words, that means they were doing their normal job duties, not acting outside what the corporation allows them to do. If an officer or agent acts outside that authority, this section does not say the corporation is responsible for it. This rule protects people who deal with the corporation through its officers and agents, because it tells them the corporation stands behind those actions.