111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2865 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Program Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IMPLEMENTATION AND PRESENTATION.—Section 

6 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) is 

7 amended— 

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

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

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

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

12 with’’. 

13 (b) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINT14 MENTS.—Section 103 of the Congressional Award Act (2 

15 U.S.C. 803) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(b) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS; REAPPOINT18 MENT.— 

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

20 continue to serve at the pleasure of the officer by 

21 whom they are appointed, and (unless reappointed 

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

23 years. 

24 ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the limitations in subpara25 graph (B), members of the Board may be re26 appointed, except that no member may serve more 
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1 than 2 full consecutive terms. Members may be re2 appointed to 2 full consecutive terms after being ap3 pointed to fill a vacancy on the Board. 

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

5 to the limitation on reappointment in subparagraph 

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

7 the Board and may be reappointed to an additional 

8 full term after termination of such Chairmanship. 

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

10 the term of each member of the Board shall begin 

11 on October 1 of the even numbered year which 

12 would otherwise apply with one-half of the Board po13 sitions having terms which begin in each even num14 bered year. 

15 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to appoint16 ments made to the Board on or after the date of en17 actment of the Congressional Award Program Reau18 thorization Act of 2009.’’. 

19 (c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FINANCIAL OPER20 ATIONS.—Section 104(c) of the Congressional Award Act 

21 (2 U.S.C. 804(c)) is amended— 

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

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

24 any fiscal year’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

2 following: 

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

4 States shall determine for each fiscal year whether 

5 the Director has substantially complied with para6 graph (1). The findings made by the Comptroller 

7 General under the preceding sentence shall be in8 cluded in the reports submitted under section 

9 107(b). 

10 ‘‘(B) If the Director fails to substantially com11 ply with paragraph (1), the Board shall instruct the 

12 Director to take such actions as may be necessary 

13 to correct such deficiencies, and shall remove and re14 place the Director if such deficiencies are not 

15 promptly corrected.’’. 

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

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

18 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol19 lowing: 

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

21 make expenditures with— 

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

23 Board from sources other than the Federal 

24 Government; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) funds awarded in any grant program 

2 administered by a Federal agency in accordance 

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

4 (e) STATEWIDE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD COUN5 CILS.—Section 106(c) of the Congressional Award Act (2 

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

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(4) Each Statewide Council established under 

9 this section may receive contributions, and use such 

10 contributions for the purposes of the Program. The 

11 Board shall adopt appropriate financial management 

12 methods in order to ensure the proper accounting of 

13 these funds. Each Statewide Council shall comply 

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

15 Board.’’. 

16 (f) CONTRACTING AND USE OF FUNDS FOR SCHOL17 ARSHIPS.—Section 106 of the Congressional Award Act 

18 (2 U.S.C. 806) is amended— 

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

20 ‘‘expenditure is’’; and 

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

22 scholarships’’ after ‘‘local program’’. 

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

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

25 striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i)(1) The Board shall provide for the incorporation 

2 of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Congres3 sional Award Foundation (together with any subsidiary 

4 nonprofit corporations determined desirable by the Board, 

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

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

7 the Congressional Award Program, and shall delegate to 

8 the Corporation such duties as it considers appropriate, 

9 including the employment of personnel, expenditure of 

10 funds, and the incurrence of financial or other contractual 

11 obligations. 

12 ‘‘(2) The articles of incorporation of the Congres13 sional Award Foundation shall provide that— 

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

15 the Foundation shall be the members of the Board, 

16 with up to 24 additional voting members appointed 

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

18 a nonvoting member; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the extent of the authority of the Founda20 tion shall be the same as that of the Board. 

21 ‘‘(3) No director, officer, or employee of any corpora22 tion established under this subsection may receive com23 pensation, travel expenses, or benefits from both the Cor24 poration and the Board.’’. 

25 (h) TERMINATION.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Congres2 sional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by 

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

4 1, 2013’’. 

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 

6 take effect as of October 1, 2009. 

Passed the Senate March 17, 2010. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2865 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 

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