General standards.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (1) Directly or indirectly, give a gift to or make a donation toward a gift for an official superior; or (2) Solicit a contribution from another employee for a gift to either his own or the other employee's official superior. (b) (1) The two employees are not in a subordinate-official superior relationship; and (2) There is a personal relationship between the two employees that would justify the gift. (c)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 2635.302