Het originele 13e amendement van de constitution maakt het onmogelijk voor buitenlandse agenten om officiële posities te bekleden binnen de VS.
Originele tekst van het 13th amendement:
“No title of Nobility can be granted by the United States and no person holding any office under them can, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any King, Prince or Foreign State.“Any Citizen of the United States accepting, claiming, receiving, or retaining,any title of nobility or honour, or, without the consent of Congress, accepting and retaining any present, pension, office, or emolument, of any kind whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince or Foreign Power, such person ceases to be a citizen of the United States, and is incapable of holding any office under them or either of them.”
