{"format":1,"id":"119-s-284","congress":119,"number":"S. 284","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","official_title":"A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-66","introduced":"2025-01-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-15","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h335","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act","result":"Passed","yea":370,"nay":22,"present":0,"not_voting":41,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll335.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2025-10-20","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-12-26"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-66.","date":"2025-12-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-26","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act reauthorizes through FY2028 the Congressional Award Board, the board that administers the Congressional Award Program, and modifies program medals."},{"k":"p","t":"(The program, established by law in 1979, awards medals to youth ages 14 to 23 who satisfy standards of achievement set by the board. The program aims to promote initiative, achievement, and excellence among youth in the areas of public service, personal development, and physical fitness.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The act removes a requirement for program medals to consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or bronze."},{"k":"p","t":"The reauthorization is effective as if enacted on October 1, 2023 (the date on which a prior reauthorization expired)."}],"words":110},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends the termination date of the Congressional Award Act from October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2028, effective retroactively, and removes the Act's requirement on the materials of Congressional Award medals.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#idfab0ba1c11de48429c98ff22aa45fb65"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#id97d76a7ebffd458fbb3629defc4f6c52:~:text=3.%20Other%20amendments"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional Award Program termination date","Congressional Award medal requirements"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends Section 108 of the Congressional Award Act by striking \"October 1, 2023\" and inserting \"October 1, 2028\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#idfab0ba1c11de48429c98ff22aa45fb65"}},{"text":"Provides that the change to the termination date takes effect as if enacted on October 1, 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#idfab0ba1c11de48429c98ff22aa45fb65"}},{"text":"Amends Section 102(a) of the Congressional Award Act by striking the sentence stating that each medal consists of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or bronze and is struck in accordance with subsection (f).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#id97d76a7ebffd458fbb3629defc4f6c52:~:text=3.%20Other%20amendments"}},{"text":"Amends Section 102(f)(1) of the Congressional Award Act by striking the words \"Subject to subsection (a),\" from the second sentence, so that the sentence begins with \"The\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr#id97d76a7ebffd458fbb3629defc4f6c52:~:text=3.%20Other%20amendments"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/284/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-s-284.png","v":"5f7df51a0074","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 284, 119th Congress: Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act. House: 370 Yea, 22 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 26 Dec 2025."}}