---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 304-5.1"
title: "41"
number: "304-5.1"
heading: "Conditions for accepting non-Federal source travel payments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/304-5.1"
---

# §304-5.1. Conditions for accepting non-Federal source travel payments.


Agencies may accept payment from a non-Federal source or authorize an employee and/or the employee's spouse to accept payment on the agency's behalf only when—

- (a) Agencies have issued the employee (and/or the employee's spouse, when applicable) a travel authorization before the travel begins;
- (b) Agencies have determined that the travel is in the interest of the Government;
- (c) The travel relates to the employee's official duties; and
- (d) The non-Federal source is not disqualified due to a conflict of interest under [§ 304-5.3](/cfr/41/304-5.3.md).

## 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.