S. 2639: A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-13 · Commemorations · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Plain 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2639, A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2004-07-28); CBO cost estimate: S. 2639, A bill to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2004-07-28)

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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2639.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s2639 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108