Reading Room Document

Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 219 to Representative Members of Federal Advisory Committees

Representative members of federal advisory committees—i.e., members who are chosen only to present the views of a private interest—are not "public officials" covered by 18 U.S.C. § 219. 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/19481/download.

September 15, 1999