[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR304-1.8]

[Page 238-239]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
   CHAPTER 304--PAYMENT FROM A NON-FEDERAL SOURCE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES
 
PART 304-1--ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENT FROM A NON-FEDERAL SOURCE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 304-1.8  Limitations and penalties.

    (a) This part is the only authority under which an agency may accept 
payment from a non-Federal source, or authorize an employee to accept 
such payment on behalf of the agency, in connection with the attendance 
of its employee (and/or the accompanying spouse of such employee when 
applicable) at a meeting or similar function. An agency may not accept, 
under an agency gift statute or other similar authority, payment for 
travel, subsistence, and related expenses incurred by an employee and/or 
accompanying spouse to attend a meeting or similar function. However, 
nothing in this part prohibits an agency or employee from accepting 
payment as follows:

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    (1) When authorized under 5 U.S.C. 4111 or 5 U.S.C. 7342;
    (2) When payment is for travel to be performed for a partisan rather 
than an official purpose in the case of an employee who is exempt from 
the Hatch Act under 5 U.S.C. 7324(d);
    (3) When authorized pursuant to an agency gift statute or similar 
statutory authority and payment is for attendance at or participation in 
an event (other than a meeting or similar function) relating to the 
official duties of the employee; or
    (4) When consistent with the applicable standards of ethical conduct 
regulation concerning personal acceptance of gifts.
    (b) An employee who accepts any payment in violation of this part is 
subject to the following:
    (1) The employee may be required, in addition to any penalty 
provided by law and applicable regulations, to repay for deposit to the 
general fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the amount of the 
payment so accepted; and
    (2) When repayment is required under paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, the employee shall not be entitled to any reimbursement from 
the Government for such expenses.