---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 31.205-34"
title: "48"
number: "31.205-34"
heading: "Recruitment costs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/31.205-34"
---

# §31.205-34. Recruitment costs.

- (a) **Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the following costs are allowable—**
  - (1) **Costs of help-wanted advertising.**
  - (2) **Costs of operating an employment office needed to secure and maintain an adequate labor force.**
  - (3) **Costs of operating an aptitude and educational testing program.**
  - (4) **Travel costs of employees engaged in recuiting personnel.**
  - (5) **Travel costs of applicants for interviews.**
  - (6) **Costs for employment agencies, not in excess of standard commercial rates.**
- (b) **Help-wanted advertising costs are unallowable if the advertising—**
  - (1) Does not describe specific positions or classes of positions; or
  - (2) Includes material that is not relevant for recruitment purposes, such as extensive illustrations or descriptions of the company's products or capabilities.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42301, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 10547, Mar. 4, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42301, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42301, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 10547, Mar. 4, 1999]