Reading Room Document
NOAA Employee's Receipt of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development
Neither the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution nor the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act would bar an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from accepting the 2010 Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development. 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/olc/file/2010-10-06-noaa-goteberg/download.
The OLC's Opinions
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