3.0.0 323 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z Senate S 2015-01-29 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-29T22:44:04Z 2015-01-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N 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 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-11T22:11:25Z Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2015

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 2015 Display Title Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2015 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 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s323is/xml/BILLS-114s323is.xml 2015-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.