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S. 284119th CongressCongress
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.
Where it standsBecame law7 senators score as swing votes
Became law
- Senate: passedOct 20, 2025
- House: passedDec 15, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 26, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govCongressional 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
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 63Middle 30–70
- 30Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars 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, Senate
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Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
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.
