S 2639
108th Congress
Senate
Commemorations
Accounting
Auditing
Authorization
Awards, medals, prizes
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Higher education
Physical fitness
Scholarships
A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
Introduced: July 13, 2004
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 30, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2004
Received in the House.
Sep 29, 2004
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9987)
Sep 29, 2004
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9987)
Sep 29, 2004
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9986-9987)
Sep 14, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 693.
Sep 14, 2004
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-339.
Jul 21, 2004
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 13, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Jul 13, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
Allows the Board to use Federal sources to carry out its functions and make expenditures.
Allows the Board to accept a maximum of one-half of all funds accepted from Federal sources. (Currently it is prohibited from receiving any Federal funds or resources.)
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through 2009.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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