EGO Act
Latest action · Jan 11, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
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.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Steve Russell | Sep 13, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017Reported Jan 11, 2018 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 23, 2017Discharged Jan 11, 2018 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-511, Part I.
- Jan 11, 2018Committee on House Administration discharged.
- Jan 11, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
- Sep 13, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2017Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 20, 2017H.R. 1701, EGO ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 13, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 51, March 23, 2017, page H2370.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-229 | NOMINATION OF THOMAS PRICE, TO BE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES314 pages | Finance Committee | Jan 24, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 188 | EGO Act | Identical bill | Mar 27, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EGO Act
- Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- EGO Act
- Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2018Reported in House
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
