[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1594 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1594

    To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of official 
portraits of members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, or heads 
                 of offices of the legislative branch.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2013

Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. LaMalfa, Mrs. Noem, Mr. 
Posey, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Olson) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of official 
portraits of members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, or heads 
                 of offices of the legislative branch.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL PORTRAITS.

    (a) Prohibition.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Federal Government may be used to pay for an official portrait 
of 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 provided 
        that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
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