Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/898

 91 STAT. 864 Gifts, acceptance.

Designation as U.S. property.

Gifts, deposition.

Employee statement, filing.

Decorations, acceptance and deposition.

Gifts and decorations, disposal.

PUBLIC LAW 95-105—AIQG. 17, 1977 "(c)(1) The Congress consents to— "(A) the accepting and retaining by an employee of a gift "(B) the accepting by an employee of a gift of more than minimal value when such gift is in the nature of an educational scholarship or medical treatment or when it appears that to refuse the gift would likely cause offense or embarrassment or otherwise adversely affect the foreign relations of the United States, except that— "(i) a tangible gift of more than minimal value is deemed to have been accepted on behalf of the United States and, upon acceptance, shall become the property of the United States; and " (ii) an employee may accept gifts of travel or expenses for travel taking place entirely outside the United States (such as transportation, lood, and lodging) of more than minimal value if such acceptance is appropriate, consistent with the interests of the United States, and permitted by the employing agency and any regulations which may be prescribed by the employing agency. " (2) Within 60 days after accepting a tangible gift of more than minimal value (other than a gift described in paragraph (l)(B) ( i i)), an employee shall— " (A) deposit the gift for disposal with his or her employing " (B) subject to the approval of the employing agency, deposit the gift with that agency for official use. Within 30 days after terminating the official use of a gift under subparagraph (B), the employing agency shall forward the gift to the Administrator of General Services in accordance with subsection (e). "(3) When an employee deposits a gift of more than minimal value for disposal or for official use pursuant to paragraph (2), or within 30 days after accepting travel or travel expenses as provided in paragraph (l)(B) ( i i) unless such travel or travel expenses are accepted in accordance with specific instructions of his or her employing agency, the employee shall file a statement with his or her employing agency or its delegate containing the information prescribed in subsection (f) for that gift. "(d) The Congress consents to the accepting, retaining, and wearing by an employee of a decoration tendered in recognition of active field service in time of combat operations or awarded for other outstanding or unusually meritorious performance, subject to the approval of the employing agency of such employee. Without this approval, the decoration is deemed to have been accepted on behalf of the United States, shall become the property of the United States, and shall be deposited by the employee, within sixty days of acceptance, with the employin.qr axrencv for official use or forwarding to the Administrator of General Services for disposal in accordance with subsection (e). " (e) Gifts and decorations that have been deposited with an employing agency for disposal shall be (1) returned to the donor, or (2) forwarded to the Administrator of General Services for transfer,
 * r, of minimal value tendered and received as a souvenir or
 * f: f mark of courtesy; and
 * agency; or

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