[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1701 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1701

    To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting 
     portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2017

 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Bridenstine, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Jones, 
  Mr. Lance, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Rice of South Carolina) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, 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 painting 
     portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.

    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 the ``EGO Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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