[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR3601.103]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER XXVI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
PART 3601_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
 
Sec. 3601.103  Additional exceptions for gifts from outside sources.

    In addition to the gifts which come within the exceptions set forth 
in 5 CFR 2635.204, and subject to all provisions of 5 CFR 2635.201 
through 2635.205, a DoD employee may accept gifts from outside sources 
otherwise prohibited by 5 CFR 2635.202(a) as follows:
    (a) Events sponsored by States, local governments or civic 
organizations. A DoD employee may accept a sponsor's unsolicited gift of 
free attendance for himself and an accompanying spouse at an event 
sponsored by a State or local government or by a civic organization 
exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4) when:
    (1) The agency designee has determined that the community relations 
interests of the agency will be served by the DoD employee's attendance;
    (2) The cost of the DoD employee's and the spouse's attendance is 
provided by the sponsor in accordance with 5 CFR 2635.204(g)(5); and
    (3) The gift of free attendance meets the definition in 5 CFR 
2635.204(g)(4).

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    (b) Scholarships and grants. A DoD employee, or the dependent of a 
DoD employee, may accept an educational scholarship or grant from an 
entity that does not have interests that may be substantially affected 
by the performance or non-performance of the involved DoD employee's 
official duties, or from an association or similar entity that does not 
have a majority of members with such interests, if the designated agency 
ethics official or designee determines that:
    (1) The scholarship or grant is made as part of an established 
program of grants or awards that is funded, wholly or in part, to ensure 
its continuation on a regular basis and under which recipients are 
selected pursuant to written standards; or
    (2) The scholarship or grant is established for the benefit of DoD 
employees, or the dependents of DoD employees, and recipients are 
selected pursuant to written standards approved by the Secretary of 
Defense or, where the scholarship or grant is available only to military 
members or their dependents, by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned.