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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 284
To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY28, 2025
Ms. L
UMMISintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Award 4
Program Reauthorization Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. TERMINATION. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 108 of the Congressional 7
Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ‘‘Octo-8
ber 1, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2028’’. 9
(b) R
ETROACTIVEEFFECTIVEDATE.—The amend-10
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted 11
on October 1, 2023. 12
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SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 1
Section 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 2
U.S.C. 802) is amended— 3
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Each medal 4
shall consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over 5
bronze, or bronze and shall be struck in accordance 6
with subsection (f).’’; and 7
(2) in subsection (f)(1), in the second sentence, 8
by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (a), the’’ and in-9
serting ‘‘The’’. 10
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