,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #dhf #aacth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #ahbj    
,report ,no4 #aac-bag ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,december #ab 7legislative day1         
,december #aa71 #bjac,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for
 herself1 ,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 
,ms4 ,ayotte1 and ,mr4 ,roberts7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,july #bc1      
#bjad,reported by ,mr4 ,carper1 without 
amendment  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the  
use of ,federal funds for the costs of  
official portraits of ,members of       
,congress1 heads of executive agencies1 
and heads of agencies and offices of the
 legislative branch4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,responsible ,use of ,taxpayer ,dollars 
for ,portraits ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,prohibition on use of funds for        
official portraits  7a7 ,definitions ,in
 this section-- 7#a7 the term executive 

agency has the meaning given the term in
 section #acc of title #da1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7#b7 the term ,member of
 ,congress includes a ,delegate or      
,resident ,commissioner to ,congress2   
and  7#c7 the term portrait means a     
painting4  7b7 ,prohibition  7#a7 ,in   
general ,except as provided in paragraph
 7#b71 no ,federal funds may be used to 
pay for the production of a portrait    
of-- 7,a7 a ,member of ,congress2  7,b7 
the head of an executive agency2 or     
7,c7 the head of an agency or office of 
the legislative branch4  7#b7           
,individuals in line of succession to   
presidency ,not more than #bj1jjj 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 7a71 7b71 or 7d7 of section  
#ai of title #c1 ,united ,states ,code4 
7c7 ,rules of construction ,nothing in  
this ,act shall be construed to         
prohibit-- 7#a7 the use of ,federal     

funds to publicly display a portrait of 
an individual described in subsection   
7b77#a72 or  7#b7 the use of funds other
 than ,federal funds to produce a       
portrait of an individual described in  
subsection 7b77#a71 including1 in the   
case of a portrait of an individual     
described in subsection 7b77#b71 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 #bj1jjj1 if any4  ,july #bc1   
#bjad,reported without amendment