113 S1820 RS: Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 U.S. Senate 2013-12-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IICalendar No. 486113th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 1820[Report No. 113–217]IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Coburn, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsJuly 23, 2014Reported by Mr. Carper, without amendmentA BILLTo prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of official portraits of Members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, and heads of agencies and offices of the legislative branch.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013.

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Prohibition on use of funds for official portraits

(a)

Definitions

In this section—(1)the term executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code;(2)the term Member of Congress includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress; and(3)the term portrait means a painting.(b)

Prohibition

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), no Federal funds may be used to pay for the production of a portrait of—(A)a Member of Congress;(B)the head of an executive agency; or(C)the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch.(2)

Individuals in line of succession to presidency

Not more than $20,000 in Federal funds may be used to pay for the production of a portrait of an individual who is in the line of succession to the Presidency under subsection (a), (b), or (d) of section 19 of title 3, United States Code.(c)

Rules of construction

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit—(1)the use of Federal funds to publicly display a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(1); or(2)the use of funds other than Federal funds to produce a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(1), including, in the case of a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(2), the use of funds other than Federal funds to pay the entire cost of producing the portrait or the portion of the cost that exceeds $20,000, if any.

July 23, 2014Reported without amendment