EGO Act

Bill: 114-s-310
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-01-29
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Art, artists, authorship

Congressional officers and employees

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or the EGO Act</strong></p> <p>Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official 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. </p>

action_date: 2015-07-27
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or the EGO Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official 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. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 310 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2015 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or EGO Act . 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.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 165 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 310 [Report No. 114–93] 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 A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or EGO Act . 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.

July 27, 2015 Reported without amendment