[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR905.735-202]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
         CHAPTER IX--PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
 
PART 905--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Conduct and Responsibilities of Employees
 
Sec. 905.735-202  Gifts, entertainment, and favors.

    Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 5 CFR 735.202, the following exceptions 
to the restriction of paragraph (a) of that section are authorized. 
Employees may:
    (a) Accept gifts and other things of value under circumstances which 
arise from an obvious family or personal relationship(s) (such as 
between the parents, children, or spouse of the employee and the 
employee), when the circumstances make it clear that it is those 
relationships rather than the business of the persons concerned which 
are the motivating factors;
    (b) Accept food and refreshments of nominal value on infrequent 
occasions in the ordinary course of a luncheon, dinner, or other 
meeting, or on an inspection tour where an employee may properly be in 
attendance;
    (c) Accept loans from banks or other financial institutions on 
customary terms to finance proper and usual activities of employees, 
such as home purchase;
    (d) Accept unsolicited advertising or promotional materials, such as 
pens, pencils, note pads, calendars and other items of nominal intrinsic 
value;
    (e) Participating without payment in privately funded activities in 
the Washington metropolitan area if: (1) An invitation is addressed to 
the Chairman or Executive Director of the Corporation and approved by 
either of them; (2) no provision for individual payment is readily 
available; and (3) the activities are limited to ceremonies of interest 
to both the local community and the Corporation (such as ground 
breakings or openings), or are sponsored or encouraged by the Federal or 
District Government as a matter of policy; and,
    (f) Participate in widely attended lunches, dinners, and similar 
gatherings sponsored by industrial, commercial, technical and 
professional associations, or groups, for discussion of matters of 
interest both to the Corporation and the public. Participation by an 
employee at the host's expense is appropriate if the host is an 
association or group and not an individual.