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31 U.S.C. § 1355 — Prohibition on use of funds for portraits
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section133&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the term “Member of Congress” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section133&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the term “Member of Congress” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.
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In division B, the term “executive agency” means—
(1) an executive department specified in [section 101 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section101&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) a military department specified in [section 102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section102&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) an independent establishment as defined in [section 104(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section104/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) a wholly owned Government corporation fully subject to chapter 91 of title 31.
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**(a)** Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
**(b)** The reappropriation and diversion of the unexpended balance of an appropriation for a purpose other than that for which the appropriation originally was made shall be construed and accounted for as a new appropriation. The unexpended balance shall be reduced by the amount to be diverted.
**(c)** An appropriation in a regular, annual appropriation law may be construed to be permanent or available continuously only if the appropriation—
(1) is for rivers and harbors, lighthouses, public buildings, or the pay of the Navy and Marine Corps; or
(2) expressly provides that it is available after the fiscal year covered by the law in which it appears.
**(d)** A law may be construed to make an appropriation out of the Treasury or to authorize making a contract for the payment of money in excess of an appropriation only if the law specifically states that an appropriation is made or that such a contract may be made.
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 1501
(2) Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply with re-
spect to a contractor otherwise covered by that
paragraph on the date on which the contractor
submits the report required by such section
4212(d) for the fiscal year concerned.
(b) The Secretary of Labor shall make avail-
able in a database a list of the contractors that
have complied with the provisions of such sec-
tion 4212(d).
(Added Pub. L. 105–339, § 7(b)(1), Oct. 31, 1998, 112
Stat. 3189.)
§ 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 Con-
gress.
(Added Pub. L. 115–158, § 2(a), Mar. 27, 2018, 132
Stat. 1242.)
CHAPTER 15—APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
Sec.
1501.
Documentary evidence requirement for Gov-
ernment obligations.
1502.
Balances available.
1503.
Comptroller General reports of amounts for
which no accounting is made.
SUBCHAPTER II—APPORTIONMENT
1511.
Definition and application.
1512.
Apportionment and reserves.
1513.
Officials controlling apportionments.
1514.
Administrative division of apportionments.
1515.
Authorized apportionments necessitating de-
ficiency or supplemental appropriations.
1516.
Exemptions.
1517.
Prohibited obligations and expenditures.
1518.
Adverse per
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