[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-42.10]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-42--UTILIZATION, DONATION, AND DISPOSAL OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND 
DECORATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 102-42.10  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Decoration means an order, device, medal, badge, insignia, emblem, 
or award offered by or received from a foreign government.
    Employee means:
    (1) An employee as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105 and an officer or 
employee of the United States Postal Service or of the Postal Rate 
Commission;
    (2) An expert or consultant who is under contract under 5 U.S.C. 
3109 with the United States or any agency, department, or establishment 
thereof, including, in the case of an organization performing services 
under that section, any individual involved in the performance of such 
services;
    (3) An individual employed by or occupying an office or position in 
the government of a territory or possession of the United States or the 
government of the District of Columbia;
    (4) A member of a uniformed service as specified in 10 U.S.C 101;
    (5) The President and the Vice President;
    (6) A Member of Congress as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2106 (except the 
Vice President) and any Delegate to the Congress; and
    (7) The spouse of an individual described in paragraphs (1) through 
(6) of this definition of employee (unless this individual and his or 
her spouse are separated) or a dependent (within the meaning of section 
152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 152)) of this 
individual, other than a spouse or dependent who is an employee under 
paragraphs (1) through (6) of this definition of employee.
    Employing agency means:
    (1) The department, agency, office, or other entity in which an 
employee is employed, for other legislative branch employees and for all 
executive branch employees;
    (2) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives, for Members and employees of the House of 
Representatives, except that those responsibilities specified in 5 
U.S.C. 7342(c)(2)(A), (e)(1), and (g)(2)(B) must be carried out by the 
Clerk of the House;
    (3) The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, for Senators and 
employees of the Senate, except that

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those responsibilities (other than responsibilities involving approval 
of the employing agency) specified in 5 U.S.C. 7342(c)(2), (d), and 
(g)(2)(B) must be carried out by the Secretary of the Senate; and
    (4) The Administrative Offices of the United States Courts, for 
judges and judicial branch employees.
    Foreign government means:
    (1) Any unit of foreign government, including any national, State, 
local, and municipal government and their foreign equivalents;
    (2) Any international or multinational organization whose membership 
is composed of any unit of a foreign government; and
    (3) Any agent or representative of any such foreign government unit 
or organization while acting as such.
    Gift means a monetary or non-monetary present (other than a 
decoration) offered by or received from a foreign government. A monetary 
gift includes anything that may commonly be used in a financial 
transaction, such as cash or currency, checks, money orders, bonds, 
shares of stock, and other securities and negotiable financial 
instruments.
    Minimal value means a retail value in the United States at the time 
of acceptance of $285 or less, except that:
    (1) GSA will adjust the definition of minimal value in regulations 
prescribed by the Administrator of General Services every three years, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, to reflect changes in the 
consumer price index for the immediately preceding 3-year period; and
    (2) Regulations of an employing agency may define minimal value for 
its employees to be less, but not more than, the value provided under 
this definition.

[65 FR 45539, July 24, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 56496, Sept. 4, 2002]

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