[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR20.506]

[Page 427]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 20--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart E--Other Employee Conduct Provisions
 
Sec. 20.506  Appropriations, legislation and lobbying.

    (a) Unless expressly authorized by Congress, employees are 
prohibited from using any part of the money appropriated by any 
enactment of Congress to pay for any personal service, advertisement, 
telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, 
intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to 
favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation 
by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or 
resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation; this prohibition 
does not prevent any employee from communicating to Members of Congress 
on the request of any Member or through proper official channels, 
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for 
the efficient conduct of the public business (18 U.S.C. 1913).
    (b) When acting in their official capacity, employees are required 
to refrain from promoting or opposing legislation relating to programs 
of the Department without the official sanction of the property 
Departmental authority.
    (c) The rights of employees, individually or collectively, to 
otherwise petition Congress, or to a Committee or Member thereof, shall 
not be interfered with or denied (5 U.S.C. 7211).