Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act a short title: the Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act .
2: Termination
This section would change the termination date in section 108 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) from October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2028, so the Congressional Award Program would keep running through that later date instead of ending in 2023. The change would apply retroactively, taking effect as if it had been enacted on October 1, 2023, so the program would be treated as never having lapsed.
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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.
3: Other amendments
This section would make two changes to section 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802). First, it would remove the sentence in subsection (a) that required each medal to consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or bronze and to be struck in accordance with subsection (f); that materials-and-manufacturing requirement would no longer be part of the law. Second, in the second sentence of subsection (f)(1), it would remove the opening words Subject to subsection (a), so that sentence would apply on its own terms and would no longer be limited by subsection (a).
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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 .