[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR304-5.3]

[Page 236]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
    CHAPTER 304--PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM A NON-FEDERAL SOURCE
 
PART 304-5_AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 304-5.3  What does our approving official need to consider before 

authorizing acceptance of payment from a non-Federal source for travel 
expenses for a 
          meeting?

    (a) The approving official must not authorize acceptance of the 
payment if he/she determines that acceptance of the payment under the 
circumstances would cause a reasonable person with knowledge of all the 
facts relevant to a particular case to question the integrity of agency 
programs or operations. The approving official must be guided by all 
relevant considerations, including but not limited to the--
    (1) Identity of the non-Federal source;
    (2) Purpose of the meeting;
    (3) Identity of other expected participants;
    (4) Nature and sensitivity of any matter pending at the agency which 
may affect the interest of the non-Federal source;
    (5) Significance of the employee's role in any such matter; and
    (6) Monetary value and character of the travel benefits offered by 
the non-Federal source.
    (b) The agency official may find that, while acceptance from the 
non-Federal source is permissible, it is in the interest of the agency 
to qualify acceptance of the offered payment by, for example, 
authorizing attendance at only a portion of the event or limiting the 
type or character of benefits that may be accepted.