,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cha  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#agja  ,report ,no4 #aae-eaa1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjag    
,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,bridenstine1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4       
,jones1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1   
,mr4 ,olson1 and ,mr4 ,rice of ,south   
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
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  ,january #aa1      
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mrs4 ,love1
 ,mr4 ,brat1 and ,mr4 ,russell  ,january
 #aa1 #bjah ,reported from the          
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform with amendments ,strike out all
 after the enacting clause and insert   

the part printed in italic  ,january    
#aa1 #bjah,the ,committee on ,house     
,administration discharged2 committed to
 the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on 
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed,for text of introduced bill1 
see copy of bill as introduced on ,march
 #bc1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the
 use of ,federal funds for the costs of 
painting portraits of officers and      
employees of the ,federal ,government4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,eliminating ,government-funded 
,oil-painting ,act or the ,,ego ,act4   
#b4 ,prohibition on use of funds for    
portraits  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter  
,,iii of chapter #ac of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #acee4
 ,prohibition on use of funds for       
portraits  7a7 ,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     

,government1 including the ,president1  
the ,vice ,president1 a ,member of      
,congress1 the head of an executive     
agency1 or the head of an office of the 
legislative branch4  7b7 ,in this       
section-- 7#a7 the term executive agency
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #acc of title #da2 and  7#b7 the
 term ,member of ,congress includes a   
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
,congress4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment  
,the table of sections for subchapter   
,,iii of chapter #ac of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding after the item relating to       
section #aced the following new item3   
#acee4 ,prohibition on use of funds for 
portraits4  4  ,amend the title so as to
 read3 ,a bill to amend title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit the  
use of ,federal funds for the costs of  
painting portraits of officers and      
employees of the ,federal ,government1  
and for other purposes44  ,january #aa1 
#bjah ,reported from the ,committee on  

,oversight and ,government ,reform with 
amendments,january #aa1 #bjah ,the      
,committee on ,house ,administration    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed