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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1820
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Coburn, 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
official portraits of Members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, and
heads of agencies and offices of the legislative branch.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars
for Portraits Act of 2013.
2.
Prohibition on use of
funds for official portraits
(a)
Definitions
In
this section—
(1) the term
executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 133 of
title 41, United States Code;
(2) the term
Member of Congress includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to
Congress; and
(3) the term
portrait means a painting.
(b)
Prohibition
(1)
In
general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), no Federal funds may
be used to pay for the production of a portrait of—
(A) a Member of
Congress;
(B) the head of an
executive agency; or
(C) the head of an
agency or office of the legislative branch.
(2)
Individuals in
line of succession to presidency
Not more than $20,000 in Federal
funds may be used to pay for the production of a portrait of an individual who
is in the line of succession to the Presidency under subsection (a), (b), or
(d) of section 19 of title 3, United States Code.
(c)
Rules of
construction
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
prohibit—
(1) the use of
Federal funds to publicly display a portrait of an individual described in
subsection (b)(1); or
(2) the use of funds
other than Federal funds to produce a portrait of an individual described in
subsection (b)(1), including, in the case of a portrait of an individual
described in subsection (b)(2), the use of funds other than Federal funds to
pay the entire cost of producing the portrait or the portion of the cost that
exceeds $20,000, if any.