(2) ANALYSIS OF RESULTS.—The board shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with an office of the 
Department of Commerce, or a contractor with the 
appropriate expertise, for such office or contractor 
to conduct analyses of the numerical scores de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and report the results of 
such analyses in a standardized format to assist the 
board in making nominations under subsection 
(d)(1). 
(f) AWARD ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—An organization may be 
considered for an award upon submitting to the Sec-
retary an application in such form, at such time, 
and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, including information nec-
essary for purposes of the evaluation tool described 
in subsection (d)(4). 
(2) APPLICATION
FEES.—The Secretary may 
charge a fee to submit an application under para-
graph (1) and shall deposit any such fees into the 
account of the revolving fund established under sub-
section (j). 
(3) PRIOR RECIPIENT QUALIFICATION.—An or-
ganization that has previously received the award is 
eligible to receive an additional award if at least 5 
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years have elapsed from the date such organization 
previously received the award. 
(4) DONOR
INELIGIBILITY.—An organization 
that makes a gift described in subsection (i) is ineli-
gible to receive an award after the date of such gift. 
(g) MODIFICATION OF AREAS.—The Secretary may, 
on the basis of recommendations made by the board and 
developed in consultation with the Climate and ESG Task 
Force in the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, make modifications to the areas 
specified in subsection (b), which shall be effective 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary submits a detailed 
description of such modifications to Congress. 
(h) INFORMATION TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall 
issue to each organization that applies for the award— 
(1) the results of the evaluation with respect to 
such organization; and 
(2) information with respect to the organiza-
tions to whom the award was presented and the 
practices that the Secretary used as a basis to 
present such award to such organizations. 
(i) SOLICITATION OF GIFTS.—The Secretary may so-
licit and accept gifts from public and private entities to 
carry out this section and shall deposit any such gifts into 
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the account of the revolving fund established under sub-
section (j). 
(j) REVOLVING FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the 
‘‘Compassionate Capitalist Award Fund’’ (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
FUND.—The Fund under 
this subsection shall consist of the following 
amounts: 
(A) Amounts deposited by the Secretary 
under subsection (f)(2). 
(B) Amounts deposited by the Secretary 
under subsection (i). 
(C) Such other amounts as may be appro-
priated under law. 
(3) USE
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the ac-
count of the Fund under this subsection shall be 
available to the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, to carry out this section. 
(k) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the President and Congress a report on the progress made 
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with respect to the award and any recommendations relat-
ing to the process of presenting such award. 
(l) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF AWARD INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
publicly available Government website that includes, with 
respect to the awarding of awards each year, information 
concerning— 
(1) the organizations nominated for an award 
under subsection (d)(1); 
(2) the process by which organizations nomi-
nated for an award are evaluated; and 
(3) the performance metrics which can be used 
to determine best practices for each category of busi-
ness described in subsection (c)(1) in each area spec-
ified in subsection (b). 
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