[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 310 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 165
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 310

                          [Report No. 114-93]

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2015

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Daines, and 
 Mr. Johnson) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                             July 27, 2015

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendment

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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 ``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.
                                                       Calendar No. 165

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 310

                          [Report No. 114-93]

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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.

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                             July 27, 2015

                       Reported without amendment