A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), and for other purposes.

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 one-half 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.''.
    (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--
        ``(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.

Summary: Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Congressional Award Act to revise requirements for appointment and reappointment of members of the Congressional Award Board, especially the limitation of service on the Board to two consecutive terms.

Exempts a member from the two-term limit during a period of service as Board Chairman. Permits reappointment of such individual to an additional full term after termination of such Chairmanship.

Requires a Board member's term to begin on October 1 of the even numbered year, with one-half of the Board positions having terms which begin in each even numbered year.

Changes from calendar to fiscal year the annual period for which the Director is required to ensure that the Board's liabilities do not exceed its assets.

Requires the Board, if the Comptroller General finds that the Director has not substantially complied with such duty, to: (1) instruct the Director to take such necessary actions to correct any deficiencies (as under current law); and (2) remove and replace the Director if they are not promptly corrected. Repeals the requirement that, upon a Director's failure to correct such deficiencies, the Board take necessary action to prepare for the orderly cessation of Board activities.

Allows the Board to accept funds to carry out its functions and make expenditures that are awarded in any grant program administered by a federal agency. (Currently the Board is prohibited from using federal resources.)

Repeals the limitation on contributions to Statewide Congressional Award Councils to public monetary and in-kind contributions for Program purposes (thus allowing private contributions as well).

Allows the donation of funds or other resources to restrict their use to scholarships.

Names the nonprofit corporation the Board is required to establish to assist it in carrying out the Program the Congressional Award Foundation. Repeals the requirement that the corporation be private. Treats the Foundation together with any subsidiary nonprofit corporations as the collective Corporation to which appropriate duties shall be delegated, including the employment of personnel, expenditure of funds, and the incurrence of financial or other contractual obligations.

 Allows the Congressional Award Board (which as under current law shall be members of the Board of Directors of the Foundation) to appoint up to 24 additional voting members to the Foundation Board. Makes the Congressional Award Program Director serve as a nonvoting member of the Foundation Board.

Extends the Congressional Award Board until October 1, 2013.