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The U.S. laws and regulations regarding gifts to presidents and government agencies
There is no single, fixed dollar cap that bars the President from keeping a outright; instead the law treats foreign and domestic gifts differently and relies largely on disclosure rules, historical e...
The Foreign Emoluments Clause bars any “person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under the United States” from accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title” from a foreign king, prince, or ...
The Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act (FGDA) permits U.S. officials to accept only gifts of “minimal value” from foreign governments and requires reporting or disposition of anything above that thresh...
Federal law and implementing regulations tightly limit U.S. government employees’ ability to accept gifts or decorations from foreign governments: gifts above a statutorily defined “minimal value” are...
The President is not bound by the routine that govern most executive-branch employees; instead, a patchwork of statutes, regulations and customs governs gifts to the presidency—foreign gifts above a s...