41 CFR § 304-3.8 - Registration fee waiver and payment in kind considerations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s304-3.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 304-3.8 - Registration fee waiver and payment in kind considerations."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "304-3.8"
section_name: "Registration fee waiver and payment in kind considerations."
chapter_number: 304
chapter_name: "PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM A NON-FEDERAL SOURCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYEE'S ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENT FROM A NON-FEDERAL SOURCE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES"
part_number: "304-3"
part_name: "3—EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5707; 31 U.S.C. 1353."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "304-3"
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# 304-3.8 Registration fee waiver and payment in kind considerations.
(a) Acceptance of a waived or discounted registration fee from the non-Federal sponsor of the event is not a payment in kind for the day(s) employees are participating as a speaker, panelist, or presenter.
(b) Acceptance of a waived or discounted registration fee is a payment in kind for the days employees only attend the event (*i.e.,* on the day(s) employees are not participating as a speaker, panelist, or presenter).
(c) Lodging, transportation, meals, event tickets, or other similar items of value provided by a non-Federal source are a payment in kind. If these types of expenses are included in a registration fee that is waived or discounted on the day(s) employees are participating as a speaker, panelist, or presenter, the employee may accept them only with their agency's approval in accordance with this chapter.