---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 304-3.8"
title: "41"
number: "304-3.8"
heading: "Registration fee waiver and payment in kind considerations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/304-3.8"
---

# §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.

## 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.