GENERAL PROVISION

GENERAL PROVISION agency acceptance of donations for federal employees Sec. 901. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal agencies may accept gifts of property, money, or anything else of value from non-Federal sources for extraordinary and unanticipated expenses incurred by agency employees in their personal capacity within the areas designated as disaster areas pursuant to the President’s declaration of a disaster resulting from Hurricane Andrew, Typhoon Omar, and Hurricane Iniki. (b) Agencies shall establish written procedures to implement this program, which shall, at a minimum, include provisions to ensure that (1) all money or cash gifts shall be collected directly by the agency before distribution, (2) all property or other tangible gifts shall be recorded and approved by the agency before deliverance to any individual employee, and (3) these gifts are distributed to agency employees in a fair and equitable manner. (c) Agencies may accept gifts designated for individual employees. Agencies shall ensure that any gift designated for an individual employee is appropriate under the circumstances, taking into account, among other things, the official relationship of the employee to the source of the gift. (d) This provision shall be effective through September 30, 1993.