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On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 188) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 188 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminating Government- funded Oil-painting Act'' or the ``EGO Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PORTRAITS. (a) 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 Government, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch. (b) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code; and (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress. ____________________
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Sep 18, 2017

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