HENRY B. GONZALEZ. TEXAS JAMES A. LEACH. IOWA. CHAIRMAN , JOHN j. LAFALCE. BILL McCOLLUM. FLORIDA BRUCE F. VENTO. MINNESOTA MARGE ROUKEMA. NEW JERSEY CHARLES E. SCHUMER. NEW YORK DOUG BEREUTEJI. NEBRASKA . MASSACHUSETTS TOBY ROTH. WISCONSIN PAUL E. KANJORSKI. PENNSYLVANIA RICHARD H. BAKER. LOUISIANA JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II. MASSACHUSETTS RICK LAZK). NEW YORK FLOYD H. FLAKE. NEW YORK SPENCER BACKUS. III. ALABAMA U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES KWEISIMFUME. MARYLAND MICHAEL CASTLE. DELAWARE MAXINE WATERS. CALIFORNIA PETER KING. NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BILL ORTON. UTAH EDWARD ROYCE. CALIFORNIA CAROLYN B. MALONEY. NEW YORK FRANK D. LUCAS. OKLAHOMA LUIS V. GUTIERREZ. ILLINOIS JERRY WELLER. ILLINOIS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD. CALIFORNIA J.D. HAYWORTH. ARIZONA THOMAS M. BARRETT. WISCONSIN JACK METCALF WASHINGTON NYtWA M. VELAZQUEZ. NEW YORK SONNY BONO. CALIFORNIA 2129 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING ALBERT R. WYNN. MARYLAND ROBERT NEY. CLEO FIELDS. LOUISIANA ROBERT L. EHRLICH. JR.. MARYLAND WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6050 MELVIN WATT. NORTH CAROLINA BOB BARR. GEORGIA MAURICE HINCHEY. NEW YORK DICK CHRYSLER. MICHIGAN . NEW YORK FRANK CREMEANS. OHIO KEN BENTSEN. TEXAS JON FOX. PENNSYLVANIA FREDERICK HEINEMAN. NORTH CAROLINA BERNARD SANDERS. VERMONT STEVE STOCKMAN. TEXAS FRANK LoBIONDO. NEW JERSEY (202) 225-7502 J.C. WATTS. OKLAHOMA SUE W. KELLY. NEW YORK May 23, 1995

- 18 Federal elections Commission Office of General Counsel 999 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 Dear Commissioners: It is a tradition of the House of Representatives to honor Chairmen of its standing committees with official portraits for display in the committee rooms. It is my intent to support and seek support from my colleagues for resources to commission a portrait of the Honorable Henry B. Gonzalez. In this context, I am requesting an advisory opinion on whether federal election laws would permit Members of Congress such as myself to use campaign funds to pay for the commissioning of an official portrait of a former Committee Chairman. I would appreciate any advice you could provide me. Sincerely,

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