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S. 188


One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of theUnited States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen

an act

    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.

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:

Ҥ 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.”.





Speaker of the House of Representatives  





Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate