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Calendar No. 317 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2865 

[Report No. 111–163] 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 10, 2009 

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

MARCH 15, 2010 

Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 

et seq.), and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Award 

5 Program Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IMPLEMENTATION AND PRESENTATION.—Section 

3 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) is 

4 amended— 

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

6 striking ‘‘under paragraph (3)’’; and 

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

8 striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘in connection 

9 with’’. 

10 (b) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINT11 MENTS.—Section 103 of the Congressional Award Act (2 

12 U.S.C. 803) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS; REAPPOINT15 MENT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) Appointed members of the Board shall 

17 continue to serve at the pleasure of the officer by 

18 whom they are appointed, and (unless reappointed 

19 under paragraph (2)) shall serve for a term of 4 

20 years. 

21 ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the limitations in subpara22 graph (B), members of the Board may be re23 appointed, except that no member may serve more 

24 than 2 full consecutive terms. Members may be re25 appointed to 2 full consecutive terms after being ap26 pointed to fill a vacancy on the Board. 


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

2 to the limitation on reappointment in subparagraph 

3 (A) during their period of service as Chairman of 

4 the Board and may be reappointed to an additional 

5 full term after termination of such Chairmanship. 

6 ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2), 

7 the term of each member of the Board shall begin 

8 on October 1 of the even numbered year which 

9 would otherwise apply with one-half of the Board po10 sitions having terms which begin in each even num11 bered year. 

12 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to appoint13 ments made to the Board on or after the date of en14 actment of the Congressional Award Program Reau15 thorization Act of 2009.’’. 

16 (c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FINANCIAL OPER17 ATIONS.—Section 104(c) of the Congressional Award Act 

18 (2 U.S.C. 804(c)) is amended— 

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

20 striking ‘‘, in any calendar year,’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

21 any fiscal year’’; and 

22 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

23 following 

24 ‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General of the United 

25 States shall determine for each fiscal year whether 


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1 the Director has substantially complied with para2 graph (1). The findings made by the Comptroller 

3 General under the preceding sentence shall be in4 cluded in the reports submitted under section 

5 107(b). 

6 ‘‘(B) If the Director fails to substantially com7 ply with paragraph (1), the Board shall instruct the 

8 Director to take such actions as may be necessary 

9 to correct such deficiencies, and shall remove and re10 place the Director if such deficiencies are not 

11 promptly corrected.’’. 

12 (d) FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES.—Section 106(a) 

13 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 806(a)) is 

14 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol15 lowing: 

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

17 make expenditures with— 

18 ‘‘(A) such resources as are available to the 

19 Board from sources other than the Federal 

20 Government; and 

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

22 administered by a Federal agency in accordance 

23 with the law establishing that grant program.’’. 

24 (e) STATEWIDE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD COUN25 CILS.—Section 106(c) of the Congressional Award Act (2 


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1 U.S.C. 806(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(4) Each Statewide Council established under 

4 this section may receive contributions, and use such 

5 contributions for the purposes of the Program. The 

6 Board shall adopt appropriate financial management 

7 methods in order to ensure the proper accounting of 

8 these funds. Each Statewide Council shall comply 

9 with subsections (a), (d), (e), and (h) governing the 

10 Board.’’. 

11 (f) CONTRACTING AND USE OF FUNDS FOR SCHOL12 ARSHIPS.—Section 106 of the Congressional Award Act 

13 (2 U.S.C. 806) is amended— 

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

15 ‘‘expenditure is’’; and 

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

17 scholarships’’ after ‘‘local program’’. 

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

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

20 striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(i)(1) The Board shall provide for the incorporation 

22 of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Congres23 sional Award Foundation (together with any subsidiary 

24 nonprofit corporations determined desirable by the Board, 

25 collectively referred to in this title as the ‘Corporation’) 


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1 for the sole purpose of assisting the Board to carry out 

2 the Congressional Award Program, and shall delegate to 

3 the Corporation such duties as it considers appropriate, 

4 including the employment of personnel, expenditure of 

5 funds, and the incurrence of financial or other contractual 

6 obligations. 

7 ‘‘(2) The articles of incorporation of the Congres8 sional Award Foundation shall provide that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the members of the Board of Directors of 

10 the Foundation shall be the members of the Board, 

11 with up to 24 additional voting members appointed 

12 by the Board, and the Director who shall serve as 

13 a nonvoting member; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the extent of the authority of the Founda15 tion shall be the same as that of the Board. 

16 ‘‘(3) No director, officer, or employee of any corpora17 tion established under this subsection may receive com18 pensation, travel expenses, or benefits from both the Cor19 poration and the Board.’’. 

20 (h) TERMINATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Congres22 sional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘October 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘October 

24 1, 2013’’. 


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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 

2 take effect as of October 1, 2009. 


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Calendar No. 317 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2865 

[Report No. 111–163] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 

U.S.C. 801 et seq.), and for other purposes. 

MARCH 15, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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