#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,in   
the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41
  ,march #f1 #bjah  ,,amendments3  ,that
 the bill from the ,senate 7,s4 #ahh7   
entitled ,an ,act to prohibit the use of
 ,federal funds for the costs of        
painting portraits of officers and      
employees of the ,federal ,government41 
do pass with the following ,strike out  
all after the enacting clause and       
insert3  #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 ,an ,act
 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  ,clerk4