TITLE 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY

SUBTITLE A - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

PART 0 - DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY EMPLOYEE RULES OF CONDUCT

subpart b - RULES OF CONDUCT

0.203 - Gifts or gratuities from foreign governments.

  (a) The United States Constitution prohibits employees from accepting gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles from a foreign government without the consent of the Congress. Congress has consented to an employee accepting and retaining a gift from a foreign government that is of minimal value and offered as a souvenir or mark of courtesy, unless otherwise prohibited by bureau regulation (5 U.S.C. 7342). Minimal value is prescribed in 41 CFR part 10149 and was set at $225.00 on the date that the Rules became effective.

  (b) All gifts exceeding minimal value, the refusal of which would likely cause offense or embarrassment or otherwise adversely affect the foreign relations of the United States, shall be accepted and deposited with the Department within sixty days of acceptance. If the gift is travel or expenses for travel taking place entirely outside the United States, it shall be reported within thirty days (see 5 U.S.C. 7342(c)(1)(B)(ii)).

  (c) As used in paragraph (b) of this section, Deposit with the Department means delivery to the Department Gift Unit or other depository as authorized by the Treasury Directive on Foreign Gifts (Treasury Directive 6104).

  (d) All foreign gifts must be reported as prescribed in the Treasury Directive on Foreign Gifts (Treasury Directive 6104).