---
kind: "unit"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations"
key: "chI/subchA/part3"
level: "part"
label: "Part 3"
heading: "Gifts and Decorations from Foreign Governments"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/chI-subchA-part3"
sections_count: 12
---

# Part 3 — Gifts and Decorations from Foreign Governments

Title 22 C.F.R. — Foreign Relations › Chapter I — Department of State › Subchapter A — General

## Sections

- [§3.1. Purpose.](/cfr/22/3.1.md)
- [§3.2. Authority.](/cfr/22/3.2.md)
- [§3.3. Definitions.](/cfr/22/3.3.md)
- [§3.4. Restriction on acceptance of gifts and decorations.](/cfr/22/3.4.md)
- [§3.5. Designation of officials and offices responsible for administration of foreign gifts and decorations.](/cfr/22/3.5.md)
- [§3.6. Procedure to be followed by employees in depositing gifts of more than minimal value and reporting acceptance of travel or travel expenses.](/cfr/22/3.6.md)
- [§3.7. Decorations.](/cfr/22/3.7.md)
- [§3.8. Approval of retention of gifts or decorations with employing agency for official use.](/cfr/22/3.8.md)
- [§3.9. Disposal of gifts and decorations which become the property of the United States.](/cfr/22/3.9.md)
- [§3.10. Enforcement.](/cfr/22/3.10.md)
- [§3.11. Responsibility of chief of mission to inform host government of restrictions on employees' receipt of gifts and decorations.](/cfr/22/3.11.md)
- [§3.12. Exemption of grants and other foreign government assistance in cultural exchange programs from coverage of foreign gifts and decorations legislation.](/cfr/22/3.12.md)