115 S188 RS: Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act U.S. Senate 2017-01-23 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. 37115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 188[Report No. 115–28]IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 23, 2017Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsApril 24, 2017Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendmentA BILLTo prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or the EGO Act.

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Prohibition on use of funds for portraits

(a)

Prohibition

No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Federal Government may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch. (b)

Definitions

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

April 24, 2017Reported without amendment