---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 304-3.5"
title: "41"
number: "304-3.5"
heading: "Handling direct payment offers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/304-3.5"
---

# §304-3.5. Handling direct payment offers.


When contacted directly by a non-Federal source offering to pay travel expenses, employees must inform their agency and allow the authorized agency official to determine whether to accept the payment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707; 31 U.S.C. 1353.

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.