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B-231627 1 (1989-02-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnjf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General 4i~e,*Ooj-of the Urjted States Washinton, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: HUD Gifts, Meals, and Entertainment Expenses File: B-231627 Date: February 3, 1989 DIGEST A federal agency may not use operating appropriations to purchase or pay contractors for gifts, meals, or receptions for foreign and domestic participants in U.S. government- sponsored cooperative activities under international agreement. Official reception and representation funds are available for official entertainment but may not be used for entertainment in connection with an unauthorized activity. DECISION The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has requested our opinion concerning the availability of HUD appropriations to pay for food, entertainment, and gift items provided by contractors in support of Stroyindustriya 1987, an international trade show for construction equipment and technology mounted in the Soviet Union, under the purported auspices of the U.S./U.S.S.R. bilateral agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Housing and Other Construction. In testimony and a separate legal opinion, B-229732, Dec. 22, 1988, GAO has stated its opinion that, although HUD had authority to engage in general activities in support of the bilateral agreement, the Department had no authority specifically to undertake sponsorship of the international trade show. Accordingly operating appropriations may not be used to pay for meals, gifts, and entertainment provided in connection with these unauthorized activities. Moreover, as explained below, even if the trade show were authorized, HUD may not use operating appropriations to pay for these expenses. Furthermore, funds from HUD's official reception and representation account, which could normally have been

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