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Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Latest action (Jan 31, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Congress
Legislative subjects (2)
Congressional tributesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary

This bill would reauthorize the Congressional Award Program by extending its authorization date from October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2028. It also removes restrictions on the materials used to make Congressional Award medals, allowing greater flexibility in medal composition. The changes to the authorization would take effect retroactively as of October 1, 2023.

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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 31, 2025

Mr. Hudson (for himself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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”. <all>

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