§ 304-5.7 Review of payments in kind within waived or discounted registration fees.

(a) If the non-Federal sponsor or organizer of a meeting or similar function offers to waive or discount the registration fee of an employee who is only attending the event, the agency is not required to separately authorize acceptance of any items included in the registration fee. If applicable, acceptance of the registration fee must be reported to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) in accordance with part 304-6 of this subchapter.

(b) When a waived or discounted registration fee is not a payment in kind pursuant to § 304-3.8 of this chapter, the employee may only accept items that the agency authorizes separately. If applicable, the value of any payments in kind so accepted should be reported to OGE in accordance with part 304-6 of this subchapter. Review the reporting guidelines at § 304-6.3 of this subchapter to see if the aggregated meal amounts (if more than one meal, or meals of both an employee and spouse) will need to be reported to OGE.