[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: 5CFR5501.108]

[Page 780-781]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER XLV--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 5501_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
 
Sec. 5501.108  Exception to the prohibition against assisting in the 

prosecution of claims against, or acting as an agent or attorney before, the 

Government, applicable only to employees assigned to federally recognized 

Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or village 

corporations pursuant to the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.

    (a) 18 U.S.C. 205. Section 205 of title 18 of the United States Code 
prohibits an

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employee, whether or not for compensation, from acting as an agent or 
attorney for anyone in a claim against the United States, or from acting 
in such capacity on behalf of another before any department, agency, or 
other specified entity, in any particular matter in which the United 
States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest.
    (b) Exception applicable only to employees assigned to federally 
recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or 
village corporations pursuant to the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 205, the Indian Self-
Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 450i(f)) authorizes Federal employees 
detailed or assigned to Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or 
regional or village corporations, pursuant to the Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act (5 U.S.C. 3372), to act as agents or attorneys for, or 
appear on behalf of, such tribes or Alaska Native villages or 
corporations in connection with any matter pending before any 
department, agency, court, or commission, in which the United States is 
a party or has a direct and substantial interest. Such employees must 
advise, in writing, the head of the agency, with which they are dealing 
on behalf of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native village or corporation, of 
any personal and substantial involvement they may have had as an officer 
or employee of the United States in connection with the matter 
concerned.