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The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, [1] that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states and monarchies without the consent of the United States Congress.
The document states: 'A tangible gift of more than minimal value accepted for reasons of protocol or courtesy may not be kept as a personal gift, however, but is considered accepted on behalf of ...
Under U.S. Federal law, 26 USC 102(c) governs the income tax treatment, by an employee, of gifts received by an employee from his or her employer. While gifts are typically exempt from gross income under U.S. federal income tax law, this is not usually so for gifts received from employers.
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–81 (text), 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) is a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
State law does not require officials to report gifts from family members or friends “when the circumstances make it clear that the motivation for the action was a personal or family relationship.”
A former family law commissioner refused gifts from litigants while U.S. Supreme Court justices have accepted thousands of dollars in gifts. Where’s the ethics?: From our readers
The Act required disclosure of lobbyists' contributions, prohibited certain gifts and travel provided by lobbyists to government officials, and imposed stricter enforcement measures, including increased civil penalties and criminal sanctions for non-compliance.
Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, threatened legal action against the incoming Trump administration if the ...