Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013
Latest action · Jul 23, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for production of a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch.
Authorizes up to $20,000 in federal funds to pay for production of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency.
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of:
- federal funds to publicly display a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch; or
- nonfederal funds to produce a portrait of such individual, including, in the case of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency, the use of nonfederal funds to pay the entire cost of producing it or the portion of the cost that exceeds $20,000, if any.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2013 to May 22, 2014, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Dec 12, 2013 |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Original | Dec 12, 2013 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | May 22, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | May 22, 2014 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2014Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-217.
- Jul 23, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486.
- May 21, 2014Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Dec 12, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Dec 12, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2014Reported to Senate
- Dec 12, 2013Introduced in Senate
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