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H.R. 860

Introduced

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

Sponsor
RRichard Hudson· North Carolina
Introduced
January 31, 2025
Policy area
Congress
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.January 31, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 860

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

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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''.
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