,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mrs4     
,noem1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 and  
,mr4 ,olson7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the use of ,federal funds for  
the costs of official portraits of      
members of ,congress1 heads of executive
 agencies1 or heads of offices of the   
legislative branch4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,eliminating ,government-funded         
,oil-painting ,act or ,,ego ,act 4  #b4 
,prohibition on use of funds for        

official portraits  7a7 ,prohibition ,no
 funds appropriated or otherwise made   
available to the ,federal ,government   
may be used to pay for an official      
portrait of a member of ,congress1 the  
head of an executive agency1 or the head
 of an office of the legislative branch4
  7b7 ,definitions ,in this section--   
7#a7 the term executive agency has the  
meaning provided that term in section   
#acc of title #da1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7#b7 the term ,member of    
,congress includes a ,delegate or       
,resident ,commissioner to the          
,congress4