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81x4: Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 207

February 2, 1981

OGE advised a Congressman that the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 207 would apply to a former senior executive branch employee now on his staff who represented the Congressman's constituents (at the Congressman's request) before his former agency. These representations would not be made on behalf of the constituents and on specific matters.

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