S 188
115th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Appropriations
Art, artists, authorship
Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
EGO Act
Introduced: January 23, 2017
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-158.
Mar 27, 2018
Signed by President.
Mar 19, 2018
Presented to President.
Mar 15, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 14, 2018
Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1738-1739)
Mar 14, 2018
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1738-1739)
Mar 7, 2018
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Mar 6, 2018
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Mar 6, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 6, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1418)
Mar 6, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1418)
Mar 6, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 188.
Mar 6, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1418-1419)
Mar 6, 2018
Mr. Blum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 21, 2017
Held at the desk.
Sep 21, 2017
Received in the House.
Sep 19, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 18, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5810; text: CR S5810)
Sep 18, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5810; text: CR S5810)
Apr 24, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 37.
Apr 24, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-28.
Mar 15, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 23, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 115-158.
Committees of jurisdiction
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