Office of the Chief of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2024
Published Date: 1/29/2026
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Summary
Federal employees who get gifts or travel perks from foreign governments worth over $480 must report them to their agencies, which then share the info with the Office of the Chief of Protocol. This 2024 report lists all those gifts from last year, plus some late reports from previous years. It helps keep things transparent and fair, with deadlines and rules everyone needs to follow.
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Report foreign gifts over $480
If you are a federal employee, you must report gifts or travel from foreign governments that are worth more than $480 to your employing agency. Agencies then transmit those reports to the Department of State's Office of the Chief of Protocol.
2024 compilation covers Jan–Dec 2024
The Office of the Chief of Protocol published a compilation of statements filed for gifts received between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. The 2024 compilation also includes one gift from 2017, one from 2021, three from 2022, and nineteen gifts from 2023 that were reported late.
Missing agency listings explained
If an agency does not appear in the report, it either did not receive reportable gifts during calendar year 2024, did not transmit the required employee listings to the Secretary of State under 5 U.S.C. 7342(f)(1), or did not respond to the State Department's request for data. That means an absence from this compilation does not always prove an agency had no reportable gifts.
Senate uses $100 reporting threshold
The U.S. Senate maintains an internal minimal value of $100 for foreign-government gifts. The Senate's report furnishes all gifts over $100, which differs from the $480 minimal value used in the Department of State compilation for calendar year 2024.
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