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Negotiated Sale of Foreign Gifts to Members of Congress
The General Services Administration is authorized to negotiate the sale of gifts from foreign governments to their original recipients, including Members of Congress, notwithstanding the general prohibition against public contracts with Members of Congress in 18 U.S.C. §§ 431 and 432. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22661/download.
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