To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Amends the Congressional Award Act to extend through calendar 2009 the requirement that the Comptroller General determine, and report to Congress on, whether the Director of the Congressional Award Board is complying with requirements for financial operations of the Congressional Award Program.

Extends the authorization of the Board from October 1, 2004, to October 1, 2009.

Provides for, during the period of October 1, 2004, through this Act's enactment date, all actions and functions of the Board under the Congressional Award Act to have same effect as though no lapse or termination of the Board ever occurred.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3867 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3867

              To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2005

     Mrs. Cubin (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Owens) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
              To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

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

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD ACT.

    (a) Extension of Requirements Regarding Financial Operations of 
Congressional Award Program; Noncompliance With Requirements.--Section 
104(c)(2)(A) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 804(c)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ``and 2004'' and inserting ``2004, 2005, 2006, 
2007, 2008, and 2009''.
    (b) Termination.--
            (1) In general.--Section 108 of the Congressional Award Act 
        (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2004'' and 
        inserting ``October 1, 2009''.
            (2) Savings provision.--During the period of October 1, 
        2004, through the date of the enactment of this section, all 
        actions and functions of the Congressional Award Board under 
        the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) shall have 
        the same effect as though no lapse or termination of the Board 
        ever occurred.
    (c) Technical Amendments.--The Congressional Award Act is amended--
            (1) in section 103 (2 U.S.C. 803)--
                    (A) in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection 
                (a)(1), by striking ``a a local'' and inserting ``a 
                local''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking 
                ``section'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``subsection''; and
            (2) in section 104(c)(2)(A) (2 U.S.C. 804(c)(2)(A)), by 
        inserting a comma after ``1993''.
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