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H.R.1701 - EGO Act115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] (Introduced 03/23/2017)
Committees: House - Oversight and Government Reform; House Administration
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-511
Latest Action: House - 01/11/2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.  (All Actions)

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Summary: H.R.1701 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)All Information (Except Text)

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Reported to House amended, Part I (01/11/2018)

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.