31 U.S.C. § 1355 — Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-158 to r/title-31-MONEY-AND-FINANCE · 95 words · no verdicts yet
Federal funds may not pay for portraits of Federal officers or employees. The section defines “executive agency” and expands “Member of Congress” to include two territorial representatives.
(a) Federal funds, whether appropriated or otherwise available, may not pay for painting a portrait of a Federal officer or employee, including the President, Vice President, Member of Congress, executive-agency head, or legislative-office head. (b) “Executive agency” has the meaning in section 133 of title 41. “Member of Congress” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner.
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.
In this section—
the term “executive agency” has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41; and
the term “Member of Congress” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 115–158, § 2(a), Mar. 27, 2018, 132 Stat. 1242.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-158 · 132 Stat. 1242
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 115-158 on 2018-03-27.
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