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81x31: Receipt of a Bequest and 18 U.S.C. § 209(a)

October 2, 1981

The receipt of a bequest by the present employees of an agency would not violate 18 U.S.C. § 209(a) when the bequest was made without intent to influence and the employees provided services to the deceased without any expectation of reward.  This determination is premised on the specific facts of the transfer of an item of value to an employee.

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