[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 323 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 323

    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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2015

 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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, and 
        heads of agencies and 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 ``Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars 
for Portraits Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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