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83x10: Application of 18 U.S.C. § 209 to Receipt of Awards by Government Officials

July 21, 1983

There is no requisite intent to compensate an official for official duties and therefore no violation of 18 U.S.C. § 209 in the bestowal upon a Government official of a bona fide award for public service or other meritorious service.

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