[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR73.735-507]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 73--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Gifts, Entertainment, and Favors
 
Sec. 73.735-507  Acceptance of travel and subsistence.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, employees 
may accept accommodations, subsistence, and travel in cash or in kind in 
connection with official travel for attendance at meetings, conferences, 
training in non-Governmental facilities or for performing advisory 
services, if approved in accordance with the provisions of the HHS 
Travel Manual. (5 U.S.C. 4111; 42 U.S.C. 3506)
    (b) Employees may not accept accommodations, subsistence, or travel 
in cash or in kind in connection with official travel from a non-
Governmental source with which they have official dealings unless 
Government or commercial travel and/or accommodations are not available. 
If travel and/or subsistence is accepted for official travel under these 
circumstances, such acceptance and the basis for it must be reported in 
writing to the Head of the Principal Operating Component or Assistant 
Secretary for Management and Budget for the Office of the Secretary.