---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3107"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "3107"
heading: "Employment of publicity experts; restrictions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/3107"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart B — Employment and Retention"
  - "Chapter 31 — Authority for Employment"
  - "Subchapter I — Employment Authorities"
---

# §3107. Employment of publicity experts; restrictions


Appropriated [funds](/usc/5/8401.md?p=6) may not be used to [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) a publicity expert unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 416.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 54. | Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 32, § 1 (last par. under “Interstate Commerce Commission”), 38 Stat. 212. |

The prohibition is restated in positive form.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.