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                                                 Union Calendar No. 381
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1701

                      [Report No. 115-511, Part I]

    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

                            January 11, 2018

       Additional sponsors: Mrs. Love, Mr. Brat, and Mr. Russell

                            January 11, 2018

  Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with 
                               amendments
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                            January 11, 2018

  The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               23, 2017]


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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) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1355. Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
    ``(a) 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) In this section--
            ``(1) the term `executive agency' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 133 of title 41; and
            ``(2) the term `Member of Congress' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to Congress.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter III 
of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 1354 the following new item:

``1355. Prohibition on use of funds for portraits.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 31, 
        United States Code, to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
        the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of 
        the Federal Government, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 381

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1701

                      [Report No. 115-511, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 11, 2018

  Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with 
                               amendments

                            January 11, 2018

  The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed