(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.

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(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.