[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1283 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1283

   To prohibit the use of certain names and likenesses on Government 
 checks where such use has the potential to constitute self-promotion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

  Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of certain names and likenesses on Government 
 checks where such use has the potential to constitute self-promotion.

    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 ``Curb Leaders from Electioneering 
with Autographs on National Checks Act'' or as the ``CLEAN Checks 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN NAMES AND LIKENESSES ON GOVERNMENT 
              CHECKS.

    Any check issued by the Federal Government may not be signed by, or 
otherwise bear the name, signature, image, or likeness of, the 
President, the Vice President, any elected official or cabinet level 
officer of the United States, or any individual who, with respect to 
any of the aforementioned individuals, bears any relationship described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 152(d)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. The preceding sentence shall not apply with 
respect to the use of the name of an individual on a particular check 
if such name is used solely because such particular check is payable to 
such individual in such individual's personal capacity.
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