Reading Room Document

Applicability of Emoluments Clause to Proposed Service of Government Employee on Commission of International Historians

A government employee's proposed service as a member of a commission of international historians established under the auspices of the Austrian government would violate the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, U.S. Const, art. I, § 9, cl. 8. 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/23971/download.

July 30, 1987