Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

Sponsored by Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-66.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

Senate: passedOct 20, 2025
House: passedDec 15, 2025
President: Signed into lawDec 26, 2025

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

This act reauthorizes through FY2028 the Congressional Award Board, the board that administers the Congressional Award Program, and modifies program medals.

(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.)

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The act removes a requirement for program medals to consist of gold-plate over bronze, rhodium over bronze, or bronze.

The reauthorization is effective as if enacted on October 1, 2023 (the date on which a prior reauthorization expired).

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to

Subjects

Congressional tributes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
180Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 24.0 (needs 5.0).

S. 284 · Dec 15, 2025 · Roll call 334On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassCongressional Award Program Reauthorization Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 7008 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 640On PassageStop Insider Trading Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1336 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 563On Agreeing to the ResolutionWaiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1274 · May 13, 2026 · Roll call 521On Agreeing to the ResolutionProviding that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1175 · Apr 17, 2026 · Roll call 483On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1142 · Mar 27, 2026 · Roll call 468On Agreeing to the ResolutionProviding for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1100 · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 443On Motion to ReferDirecting the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1834 · Jan 8, 2026 · Roll call 371On PassageBreaking the Gridlock Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.Res. 893 · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 301On Motion to ReferCensuring Representative Cory Mills and Removing Him From the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 888 · Nov 18, 2025 · Roll call 296On Agreeing to the ResolutionCensuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 888 · Nov 18, 2025 · Roll call 292On Motion to ReferCensuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

3 active

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How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.