Day Before 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Employee Of CIA Accepted Box Of Cuba-Origin Cigars

DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12937] Office of the Chief of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2024

All information reported to the Office of the Chief of Protocol, including gift appraisal and donor information, is the responsibility of the employing agency, in accordance with applicable law and GSA regulations. The Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State, submits the following comprehensive listing of the statements which, as required by law, federal employees filed with their employing agencies during calendar year 2024 concerning gifts received from foreign government sources. The compilation includes reports of both tangible gifts and gifts of travel or travel expenses of more than minimal value, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7432 and GSA regulations. For calendar year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024), minimal value is $480.00. Consistent with Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 3.4, the report includes all reported gifts given on a single occasion when the aggregate value of those gifts exceeds minimal the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol’s request for data. The U.S. Senate maintains an internal minimal value of $100; therefore, all gifts over the $100 limit are furnished in the U.S. Senate report. value. Also included are one gift from 2017, one gift from 2021, three gifts from 2022, and nineteen gifts from 2023. These latter gifts are being reported in this year’s report for calendar year 2024 because the Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State, did not receive the relevant information at the time of reporting to include them in earlier reports. Agencies not listed in this report either did not receive relevant gifts during the calendar year, did not transmit a listing to the Secretary of State of all statements filed during the preceding year by the employees of that agency pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7432(f)(1), or did not respond to Authority: Section 7342(f) of Title 5, United States Code, as added by Section 515(a)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978 (Pub. L. 95–105, August 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 865). Jason S. Evans, Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State.

AGENCY: THE WHITE HOUSE—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT [Report of Tangible Gifts Furnished by the White House—Executive Office of the President]

“An Agency [Central Intelligence Agency] Employee.  Box of Swedish/Cuban Cigars. Rec’d- 11/4/2024. Est. Value- $543.00.  Disposition- Official Use.  5 U.S.C. 7342(f)(4).  Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S.”