Reading Room Document

Applicability of 18 U.S.C. §§ 431—433 to Limited Partnership Interests in Government Leases

The interests of two Members of Congress under a proposed real estate transaction involving limited partnership interests in government leases would fall within the prohibition of 18 U.S.C. § 431, and the "incorporated company" exception of 18 U.S.C. § 433 does not apply. 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/19716/download.

February 17, 1998