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[CITE: 31USC1353]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 1353. Acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-
        Federal sources
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
General Services, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under 
which an agency in the executive branch (including an independent 
agency) may accept payment, or authorize an employee of such agency to 
accept payment on the agency's behalf, from non-Federal sources for 
travel, subsistence, and related expenses with respect to attendance of 
the employee (or the spouse of such employee) at any meeting or similar 
function relating to the official duties of the employee. Any cash 
payment so accepted shall be credited to the appropriation applicable to 
such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so accepted, a pro rata 
reduction shall be made in any entitlement of the employee to payment 
from the Government for such expenses.
    (b) Except as provided in this section or section 4111 or 7342 of 
title 5, an agency or employee may not accept payment for expenses 
referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any payment in 
violation of the preceding sentence--
        (1) may be required, in addition to any penalty provided by law, 
    to repay, for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury, an amount 
    equal to the amount of the payment so accepted; and
        (2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph (1), shall not be 
    entitled to any payment from the Government for such expenses.

    (c) As used in this section--
        (1) the term ``executive branch'' means all executive agencies 
    (as such term is defined in section 105 of title 5); and
        (2) the term ``employee in the executive branch'' means--
            (A) an appointed officer or employee in the executive 
        branch; and
            (B) an expert or consultant in the executive branch, under 
        section 3109 of title 5; and

        (3) the term ``payment'' means a payment or reimbursement, in 
    cash or in kind.

    (d)(1) The head of each agency of the executive branch shall, in the 
manner provided in paragraph (2), submit to the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics reports of payments of more than $250 accepted 
under this section with respect to employees of the agency. The Director 
shall make such reports available for public inspection and copying.
    (2) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall, with respect to 
each payment--
        (A) specify the amount and method of payment, the name of the 
    person making the payment, the name of the employee, the nature of 
    the meeting or similar function, the time and place of travel, the 
    nature of the expenses, and such other information as the 
    Administrator of General Services may prescribe by regulation under 
    subsection (a);
        (B) be submitted not later than May 31 of each year with respect 
    to payments in the preceding period beginning on October 1 and 
    ending on March 31; and
        (C) be submitted not later than November 30 of each year with 
    respect to payments in the preceding period beginning on April 1 and 
    ending on September 30.

(Added Pub. L. 101-194, title III, Sec. 302(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 
1745, Sec. 1352; renumbered Sec. 1353 and amended Pub. L. 101-280, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (c), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 157, 158.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-280, Sec. 4(b)(1), renumbered section 1352 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-280, Sec. 4(c)(1), substituted ``in the 
executive branch (including an independent agency) may accept payment, 
or authorize an employee of such agency to accept payment on the 
agency's behalf,'' for ``or employee in the executive branch may accept 
payment''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-280, Sec. 4(c)(2)(A), inserted ``or 7342'' 
after ``section 4111''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-280, Sec. 4(c)(2)(B), substituted 
``(1),'' for ``(1)''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 101-280, Sec. 4(c)(3), substituted ``all 
executive agencies'' for ``any executive agency''.