#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#ahh  ,,an ,,act  ,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 ,prohibition ,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  
,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 and
  7#b7 the term ,member of ,congress    
includes a ,delegate or ,resident       

,commissioner to ,congress4  ,passed the
 ,senate ,september #ah1                
#bjag4,secretary