1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013”.
Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of official portraits of Members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, and heads of agencies and offices of the legislative branch.
2. Prohibition on use of funds for official portraits
Definitions— In this section—
the term executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code;
the term Member of Congress includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress; and
the term portrait means a painting.
Prohibition—
In general— Except as provided in paragraph (2), no Federal funds may be used to pay for the production of a portrait of—
a Member of Congress;
the head of an executive agency; or
the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch.
Individuals in line of succession to presidency— Not more than $20,000 in Federal funds may be used to pay for the production of a portrait of an individual who is in the line of succession to the Presidency under subsection (a), (b), or (d) of section 19 of title 3, United States Code.
Rules of construction— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit—
the use of Federal funds to publicly display a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(1); or
the use of funds other than Federal funds to produce a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(1), including, in the case of a portrait of an individual described in subsection (b)(2), the use of funds other than Federal funds to pay the entire cost of producing the portrait or the portion of the cost that exceeds $20,000, if any.