31 USC § 1355 - Prohibition on use of funds for portraits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s1355"
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title: "31 USC § 1355 - Prohibition on use of funds for portraits"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1355"
section_name: "Prohibition on use of funds for portraits"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–158, § 2(a), Mar. 27, 2018, 132 Stat. 1242.)"
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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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–158, § 2(a), Mar. 27, 2018, 132 Stat. 1242.)