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DO-96-034: Amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 205 and 18 U.S.C. § 207

August 21, 1996

The amendment to section 205 allows employees to represent certain nonprofit organizations before the Government, and the amendment to section 207 added an exception allowing former high-level officials to represent certain candidates.

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