Us Code § 1355 - Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
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§ 1355. Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
(a) 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) In this section—
(1) the term "executive agency" has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41; and
(2) the term "Member of Congress" includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.
(Added Pub. L. 115–158, §2(a), Mar. 27, 2018, 132 Stat. 1242.)
CHAPTER 15—APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER II—APPORTIONMENT
SUBCHAPTER III—TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER IV—CLOSING ACCOUNTS
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LV, §5502(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 699, substituted "of a formal protest or other challenge" for "of a protest" in item 1558.
1992—Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1054(e)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2503, substituted "Definitions; applicability of subchapter" for "Definitions and application" in item 1551 and "Procedure for appropriation accounts available for definite periods" for "Audit, control, and reporting" in item 1552.
1990—Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1405(a)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1679, substituted "Audit, control, and reporting" for "Procedure for appropriation accounts available for definite periods" in item 1552 and for "Review of appropriation accounts" in item 1554, "Closing of appropriation accounts available" for "Withdrawal of unobligated balances of appropriations" in item 1555, "General: reports" for "General reports" in item 1556, and "Authority for exemptions in appropriation laws" for "Authorization to exempt" in item 1557.
1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, §813(b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1494, added item 1558.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
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