---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2635.301"
title: "5"
number: "2635.301"
heading: "Overview."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2635.301"
---

# §2635.301. Overview.


This subpart contains standards that prohibit an employee from giving or contributing to a gift to an official superior, and official superiors are prohibited from knowingly accepting such a gift. Employees also are prohibited from soliciting a contribution from another employee for a gift to an official superior. In addition, employees are prohibited from accepting a gift from an employee who receives less pay. The prohibitions in this subpart apply unless the item is excluded from the definition of a gift (see [§ 2635.303(a)](/cfr/5/2635.303.md?p=a)) or falls within one of the exceptions set forth in this subpart. Gifts from outside sources are subject to the limitations set forth in [subpart B](/cfr/5/subpartB.md) of this part.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 43695, May 17, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301, 7351, 7353; 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 35042, Aug. 7, 1992, unless otherwise noted.