Congress extends youth award program five more years
S. 284 — Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act · Filed by Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 28, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
This bill keeps the Congressional Award Program running until October 1, 2028. The program gives awards to young people for doing good work and growing. The bill also updates rules about how medals are made. It changes who must approve the medal designs.
Who it affects
Young people in the Congressional Award Program are affected. The program honors youth for civic work and growth.
One thing to notice
The bill makes the program last five more years and fixes old rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Jan 28, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Oct 20, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Oct 20, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7169; text: CR S7169)”
- Dec 15, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 370 - 22…”
- Dec 15, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Dec 18, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Dec 26, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-66”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Congressional Award Program — A program that gives awards to young people for good work and growth
- civic — Related to being a good member of your community and country
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (825 characters) on May 1, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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