18 CFR § 706.303 - Gifts, entertainment, and favors.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s706.303"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "18 CFR § 706.303 - Gifts, entertainment, and favors."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "706.303"
section_name: "Gifts, entertainment, and favors."
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL"
part_number: "706"
part_name: "EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Water Resources Planning Act, 1965 (Sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 254 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1)); E.O. 11222 (30 FR 6469, 3 CFR Proc. 3279; as amended); 5 CFR part 735 (33 FR 12487)."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 32818, Aug. 4, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "706"
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# 706.303 Gifts, entertainment, and favors.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section a special Government employee, while so employed or in connection with his employment, shall not receive or solicit from a person having business with the Council anything of value as a gift, gratuity, loan, entertainment, or favor for himself or another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial ties.

(b) The exceptions from the restrictions as set forth in § 706.202(b) for employees apply in the same manner to special Government employees.