[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR200.735-105]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 200--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B--Provisions Governing Ethical and Other Conduct and 
                      Responsibilities of Employees
 
Sec. 200.735-105  Gifts, entertainment, and favors.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no employee 
may solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, gratuity, 
favor, entertainment, loan, or any other thing of monetary value from 
any person who:
    (1) Has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business or 
financial relations with the Commission;
    (2) Conducts operations or activities that are being investigated by 
the Commission; or
    (3) Has interests that may be substantially affected by the 
performance or nonperformance of the employee's official duty.
    (b) The prohibitions set forth under paragraph (a) of this section 
shall not apply to:
    (1) Solicitations or acceptances based on obvious family or personal 
relationships (such as those between 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;
    (2) The acceptance of food and refreshments of nominal value on 
infrequent occasions in the ordinary course

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of a luncheon or dinner meeting or other meeting or on a field trip, and 
of ground transportation of nominal value in the course of a field trip, 
where an employee may properly be in attendance.
    (3) The acceptance of loans from banks or other financial 
institutions on customary terms to finance proper and usual activities 
of employees, such as home mortgage loans; and
    (4) The acceptance of unsolicited advertising or promotional 
material, such as pens, pencils, note pads, calendars, and other items 
of nominal value.
    (c) An employee shall not solicit a contribution from another 
employee for a gift to an official superior, make a donation as a gift 
to an official superior, or accept a gift from an employee receiving 
less pay than himself (5 U.S.C. 7351). However, this paragraph does not 
prohibit a voluntary gift of nominal value or donation in a nominal 
amount made on a special occasion such as marriage, illness, or 
retirement.
    (d) An employee shall not accept a gift, present, decoration, or 
other thing from a foreign government unless authorized by Congress as 
provided by the Constitution and in 5 U.S.C. 7342.
    (e) Neither this section nor Sec. 200.735-106 precludes an employee 
from receipt of bona fide reimbursement, unless prohibited by law, for 
expenses of travel and such other necessary subsistence as is compatible 
with this part for which no Government payment or reimbursement is made. 
However, this paragraph does not allow an employee to be reimbursed, or 
payment to be made on his behalf, for excessive personal living 
expenses, gifts, entertainment or other personal benefits, nor does it 
allow an employee to be reimbursed by a person for travel on official 
business under agency orders when reimbursement is proscribed by 
Decision B-128527 of the Comptroller General dated March 7, 1967.

[32 FR 16210, Nov. 28, 1967, as amended at 46 FR 41036, Aug. 14, 1981]