ELR Citation: ELR 20309
No(s). 70-CR-105 (W.D. Wis. May 26, 1971)

A congressman may recover the statutory informer's fees for supplying information leading to a conviction for discharging refuse into navigable waters in violation of §13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §407. Public policy reasons do not prevent claimant congressman from recoverin...