---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1060.101"
title: "10"
number: "1060.101"
heading: "Persons who may be paid."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1060.101"
---

# §1060.101. Persons who may be paid.

- (a) Payment may not be authorized or approved for transportation, lodging, subsistence, or other travel expenses from DOE funds to, or on behalf of, a person who is not a Government employee unless such payment is made—
  - (1) Pursuant to an invitation received by that person from the Department to confer with a DOE employee on matters essential to the advancement of DOE programs or objectives and (i) in the case of a person invited to confer at the post of duty of the conferring DOE employee, a designated official has approved and stated the reasons for the invitation in writing, or (ii) in the case of a person invited to confer at a place other than the post duty of the conferring DOE employee, a principal departmental official has approved and stated the reasons for the invitation in writing;
  - (2) Pursuant to an invitation for an interview to a prospective employee of the Department who is an applicant for (i) a position in the Department classified at GS-16 or above of the General Schedule or the rate of basic pay for which is fixed, other than under the General Schedule, at a rate equal to or greater than the minimum rate of basic pay fixed for GS-16, (ii) a position for which a determination has been made that there is a manpower shortage pursuant to 5 U.S.C. [5723](/usc/5/5723.md), or [(iii)](/usc/5/5723.md?p=iii) a DOE position for which the Department has the exclusive duties of recruitment and selection;
  - (3) In accordance with [28 U.S.C. 1821](/usc/28/1821.md) or other applicable law, to a person who is subpoenaed by the Department to appear and testify or to appear and to produce documents at a designated place;
  - (4) To a person who serves as a travel attendant for a handicapped individual who is authorized to travel at DOE expense and who cannot travel alone because of the handicap; or
  - (5) Pursuant to a written determination of a principal departmental officer that it is in the interest of the Government to provide such payment, where the Counselor has determined in writing that the payment is authorized under 5 U.S.C. ch. 57 or other statutory authority.
- (b) The authority of a designated official or a principal departmental officer, as the case may be, to provide approval of an invitation to travel under [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) and of a principal departmental officer to determine that payment of travel expenses is in the interest of the Government under [paragraph (a)(5)](#a-5) of this section may not be delegated.
- (c) Within 30 days of providing written approval of an invitation under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, a designated official who is an Administrator of a power administration or the head of a Field Organization shall transmit a copy of the written approval to the principal departmental officer to whom the official or the official's organization reports.
- (d) Payment of travel expenses may not be made pursuant to an invitation to travel under paragraphs [(a)(1)](#a-1) or [(a)(5)](#a-5) unless the written approval and statement of reasons required by [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1), or the written determinations required by [paragraph (a)(5)](#a-5) of this section, are made before the travel to be authorized by the invitation takes place.
- (e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit payment for travel expenses that are reimbursable or allowable by the Department under the terms of a DOE contract or assistance award.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 644, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 599 (42 U.S.C. 7254).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 35631, July 10, 1981, unless otherwise noted.