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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.1

FAR 3.101-2 Solicitation and acceptance of gratuities by Government personnel.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section states that Government employees generally may not solicit or accept gratuities, gifts, favors, entertainment, loans, or anything of monetary value from certain outside parties, including contractors who have or seek Government business with their agency. It matters to contractors because offering such items to Government personnel is restricted, though agency regulations may authorize limited exceptions.

Applies to: Government employees and contractors who have or seek Government business with an agency

Key terms: gratuity · gift · favor · entertainment · loan

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As a rule, no Government employee may solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, gift, favor, entertainment, loan, or anything of monetary value from anyone who (a) has or is seeking to obtain Government business with the employee's agency, (b) conducts activities that are regulated by the employee's agency, or (c) has interests that may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the employee's official duties. Certain limited exceptions are authorized in agency regulations.

Sections that refer to it

← 3.101-1 General. · 3.101-3 Agency regulations. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 3

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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