[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR3.6]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 3--GIFTS AND DECORATIONS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.6  Procedure to be followed by employees in depositing gifts of more than minimal value and reporting acceptance of travel or travel expenses.

    (a) An employee who has accepted a tangible gift of more than 
minimal value shall, within 60 days after acceptance, relinquish it to 
the designated depository office for the employing agency for disposal 
or, with the approval of that office, deposit it for official use at a 
designated location in the employing agency or at a specified Foreign 
Service post. The designated depository offices are:
    (1) For the Department of State, the Office of Protocol;
    (2) For IDCA, the General Services Division of the Office of 
Management Planning in AID;
    (3) For AID, the General Services Division of the Office of 
Management Planning; and
    (4) For USICA, the Office of Personnel Services.
    (b) At the time that an employee deposits gifts of more than minimal 
value for disposal or for official use pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section, or within 30 days after accepting a gift of travel or travel 
expenses as provided in Sec. 3.4(d) (unless the gift of such travel or 
travel expenses has been accepted in accordance with specific 
instructions from the Department or agency), the employee shall file a 
statement with the designated depository office with the following 
information:
    (1) For each tangible gift reported:
    (i) The name and position of the employee;
    (ii) A brief description of the gift and the circumstances 
justifying acceptance;
    (iii) The identity of the foreign government and the name and 
position of the individual who presented the gift;
    (iv) The date of acceptance of the gift;
    (v) The donee's best estimate in specific dollar terms of the value 
of the gift in the United States at the time of acceptance; and
    (vi) Disposition or current location of the gift. (For State 
Department employees, forms for this purpose are available in the Office 
of Protocol.)
    (2) For each gift of travel or travel expenses:
    (i) The name and position of the employee;
    (ii) A brief description of the gift and the circumstances 
justifying acceptance; and
    (iii) The identity of the foregign government and the name and 
position of the individual who presented the gift.
    (c) The information contained in the statements called for in 
paragraph (b) of this section is needed to comply with the statutory 
requirement that, not later than Janaury 31 of each year, the Secretary 
of State publish in the Federal Register a comprehensive listing of all 
such statements filed by Federal employees concerning gifts of more than 
minimal value received by them during the preceding year.