[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 199 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5709]
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        CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 2087 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2087) to reauthorize the Congressional Award 
     Act.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Lummis substitute 
amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; the bill, 
as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1370) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to 
as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Award Program 
     Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. TERMINATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 108 of the Congressional Award Act 
     (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2023'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 2028''.
       (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--If this Act is enacted 
     after October 1, 2023, the amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2023.

     SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS.

       Section 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Each medal shall 
     consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or 
     bronze and shall be struck in accordance with subsection 
     (f).''; and
       (2) in subsection (f)(1), in the second sentence, by 
     striking ``Subject to subsection (a), the'' and inserting 
     ``The''.

  The bill (S. 2087), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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