[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 284 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 284

              To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2025

  Ms. Lummis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
              To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Award Program 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 108 of the Congressional Award Act (2 
U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2023'' and inserting 
``October 1, 2028''.
    (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2023.

SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS.

    Section 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Each medal shall 
        consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or 
        bronze and shall be struck in accordance with subsection 
        (f).''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1), in the second sentence, by 
        striking ``Subject to subsection (a), the'' and inserting 
        ``The''.
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