---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 73.203"
title: "45"
number: "73.203"
heading: "Use of Government funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/73.203"
---

# §73.203. Use of Government funds.

- (a) An employee must not:
  - (1) Improperly use official travel;
  - (2) Improperly use payroll and other vouchers and documents on which Government payments are based;
  - (3) Take or fail to account for funds with which the employee is entrusted in the employee's official position; or
  - (4) **Take other Government funds for personal use.** Violations of these prohibitions carry criminal penalties.
- (b) In addition, employees must avoid wasteful actions or behavior in the performance of their assigned duties.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 7369, Jan. 23, 1981, as amended at 90 FR 40978, Aug. 22, 2025, unless otherwise noted.