3.0.0 1820 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z Senate S S 2013-12-12 113 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2014-07-23T21:38:38Z Markup by 2014-05-21T14:00:00Z Referred to 2013-12-12T22:20:31Z S. Rept. 113-217 2014-07-23 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486. Calendars 2014-07-23 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-217. Committee 2014-07-23 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-217. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2014-05-21 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2013-12-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2013-12-12 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2013-12-12 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-05-22 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2014-05-22 False Government Operations and Politics Art, artists, authorship Congressional agencies Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Members of Congress Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-07T22:28:18Z Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for production of a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch.

Authorizes up to $20,000 in federal funds to pay for production of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of:

  • federal funds to publicly display a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch; or
  • nonfederal funds to produce a portrait of such individual, including, in the case of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency, the use of nonfederal funds to pay the entire cost of producing it or the portion of the cost that exceeds $20,000, if any.
]]> 80 2014-07-23 Reported to Senate without amendment 2014-07-29T14:12:10Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for production of a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch.

Authorizes up to $20,000 in federal funds to pay for production of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of:

  • federal funds to publicly display a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch; or
  • nonfederal funds to produce a portrait of such individual, including, in the case of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency, the use of nonfederal funds to pay the entire cost of producing it or the portion of the cost that exceeds $20,000, if any.
]]> Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 Display Title Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 S Senate Reported to Senate 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1820rs/xml/BILLS-113s1820rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1820is/xml/BILLS-113s1820is.xml 2014-07-23 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.