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November 6, 1997
DO-97-034
MEMORANDUM
TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials and General Counsels
FROM: Stephen D. Potts
Director
SUBJECT: Reporting Payments Accepted Under 31 U.S.C. § 1353
Section 1353 of title 31, United States Code, authorizes the
acceptance by executive branch agencies of payments for travel,
subsistence, and related expenses from non-Federal sources in
connection with the attendance of employees at certain meetings or
similar functions. The statute provides that the head of each
agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Government
Ethics (OGE) semiannual reports of payments of more than $250
accepted under this authority. The next semiannual report should
be submitted to OGE not later than November 30, 1997, concerning
payments received during the period beginning on April 1, 1997, and
ending on September 30, 1997. Agencies are required to submit
negative reports.
A standard reporting form has not yet been finalized by the
General Services Administration. The regulation implementing
31 U.S.C. § 1353 and its reporting requirement are codified at
41 C.F.R. part 304-1. Section 304-1.9(a) of the regulation lists
the information that must be reported by an agency and the order in
which that information must be presented.