S. 2865 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

An Act 

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), and for other 

purposes. 

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 of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM. 

(a) IMPLEMENTATION AND PRESENTATION.—Section 102 of the 

Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) is amended— 

(1) in the matter following subsection (b)(5), by striking 

‘‘under paragraph (3)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by striking 

‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘in connection with’’. 

(b) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS.—Section 

103 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 803) is amended 

by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS; REAPPOINTMENT.— 

‘‘(1) Appointed members of the Board shall continue to 

serve at the pleasure of the officer by whom they are appointed, 

and (unless reappointed under paragraph (2)) shall serve for 

a term of 4 years. 

‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the limitations in subparagraph (B), members of the Board may be reappointed, except that no member 

may serve more than 2 full consecutive terms. Members may 

be reappointed to 2 full consecutive terms after being appointed 

to fill a vacancy on the Board. 

‘‘(B) Members of the Board shall not be subject to the 

limitation on reappointment in subparagraph (A) during their 

period of service as Chairman of the Board and may be reappointed to an additional full term after termination of such 

Chairmanship. 

‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2), the term of 

each member of the Board shall begin on October 1 of the 

even numbered year which would otherwise apply with onehalf of the Board positions having terms which begin in each 

even numbered year. 

‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to appointments made 

to the Board on or after the date of enactment of the Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.’’. 
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(c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FINANCIAL OPERATIONS.—Section 104(c) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 804(c)) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), in the third sentence, by striking 

‘‘, in any calendar year,’’ and inserting ‘‘in any fiscal year’’; 

and 

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 

determine for each fiscal year whether the Director has substantially complied with paragraph (1). The findings made by the 

Comptroller General under the preceding sentence shall be 

included in the reports submitted under section 107(b). 

‘‘(B) If the Director fails to substantially comply with paragraph (1), the Board shall instruct the Director to take such 

actions as may be necessary to correct such deficiencies, and 

shall remove and replace the Director if such deficiencies are 

not promptly corrected.’’. 

(d) FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES.—Section 106(a) of the 

Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 806(a)) is amended by striking 

paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) the Board shall carry out its functions and make 

expenditures with— 

‘‘(A) such resources as are available to the Board from 

sources other than the Federal Government; and 

‘‘(B) funds awarded in any grant program administered 

by a Federal agency in accordance with the law establishing 

that grant program.’’. 

(e) STATEWIDE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD COUNCILS.—Section 

106(c) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 806(c)) is amended 

by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(4) Each Statewide Council established under this section 

may receive contributions, and use such contributions for the 

purposes of the Program. The Board shall adopt appropriate 

financial management methods in order to ensure the proper 

accounting of these funds. Each Statewide Council shall comply 

with subsections (a), (d), (e), and (h) governing the Board.’’. 

(f) CONTRACTING AND USE OF FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.—Section 106 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 806) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘to be’’ after ‘‘expenditure 

is’’; and 

(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or for scholarships’’ 

after ‘‘local program’’. 

(g) NONPROFIT CORPORATION.—Section 106 of the Congressional 

Award Act (2 U.S.C. 806) is amended by striking subsection (i) 

and inserting the following: 

‘‘(i)(1) The Board shall provide for the incorporation of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Congressional Award Foundation (together with any subsidiary nonprofit corporations determined desirable by the Board, collectively referred to in this title 

as the ‘Corporation’) for the sole purpose of assisting the Board 

to carry out the Congressional Award Program, and shall delegate 

to the Corporation such duties as it considers appropriate, including 

the employment of personnel, expenditure of funds, and the incurrence of financial or other contractual obligations. 

‘‘(2) The articles of incorporation of the Congressional Award 

Foundation shall provide that— 
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‘‘(A) the members of the Board of Directors of the Foundation shall be the members of the Board, with up to 24 additional 

voting members appointed by the Board, and the Director who 

shall serve as a nonvoting member; and 

‘‘(B) the extent of the authority of the Foundation shall 

be the same as that of the Board. 

‘‘(3) No director, officer, or employee of any corporation established under this subsection may receive compensation, travel 

expenses, or benefits from both the Corporation and the Board.’’. 

(h) TERMINATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Congressional Award 

Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2013’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take effect as 

of October 1, 2009. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.