[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR734.303]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 734_POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Prohibited Activities
 
Sec.  734.303  Fundraising.

    An employee may not knowingly:
    (a) Personally solicit, accept or receive a political contribution 
from another person, except under the circumstances specified in Sec.  
734.208(b);
    (b) Personally solicit political contributions in a speech or 
keynote address given at a fundraiser;
    (c) Allow his or her official title to be used in connection with 
fundraising activities; or
    (d) Solicit, accept, or receive uncompensated volunteer services 
from an individual who is a subordinate.

    Example 1: An employee may not host a fundraiser at his or her home. 
However, a spouse who is not covered under this part may host such a 
fundraiser and the employee

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may attend. The employee may not personally solicit contributions to the 
fundraiser. Moreover, the employee may not accept, or receive political 
contributions, except under the circumstances stated in Sec.  
734.208(b).
    Example 2: An employee's name may not appear on an invitation to a 
fundraiser as a sponsor of the fundraiser, or as a point of contact for 
the fundraiser.
    Example 3: An employee may not ask a subordinate employee to 
volunteer on behalf of a partisan political campaign.
    Example 4: An employee may not call the personnel office of a 
business or corporation and request that the corporation or business 
provide volunteers or services for a campaign. However, an employee may 
call an individual who works for a business or corporation and request 
that specific individual's services for a campaign.