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S. 284119th Congress
Official title: Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act
Introduced:
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This bill extends the Congressional Award Program's authorization from 2023 to October 1, 2028, with no gap in legal authority.
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This bill extends the Congressional Award Program's authorization deadline from October 1, 2023, to October 1, 2028, and applies retroactively so there's no gap in legal authority. It also removes a legal requirement that award medals be made of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or plain bronze, giving the administering organization flexibility on medal materials.
The bill mainly affects young people, typically teens, who participate in the Congressional Award Program, and the nonprofit organization that administers it.
The extension keeps this existing recognition program legally authorized to operate for five more years without interruption. The medal-material change gives the administering organization more discretion over production without altering the program's structure.
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Right now: the President signed it. It's law.Now law
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-66.