EGO Act
USA115th CongressHR-1701| House
| Updated: 1/11/2018
Matt Cartwright
Democratic Representative
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (10)
Committee on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or the EGO Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official 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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-511, Part I.
Committee on House Administration discharged.
Government Operations and Politics
AppropriationsArt, artists, authorshipCongressional officers and employeesFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of CongressPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
EGO Act
USA115th CongressHR-1701| House
| Updated: 1/11/2018
Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or the EGO Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official 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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-511, Part I.
Committee on House Administration discharged.
Matt Cartwright
Democratic Representative
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (10)
Committee on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AppropriationsArt, artists, authorshipCongressional officers and employeesFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of CongressPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents