In the nature of a substitute.

SA 1370. Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. Lummis (for herself and Mr. Manchin))
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2087, to reauthorize the
Congressional Award Act; as follows:

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''.

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