124 STAT. 1368 PUBLIC LAW 111–200—JULY 7, 2010 Public Law 111–200 111th Congress An Act To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM. (a) IMPLEMENTATION AND PRESENTATION.—Section 102 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 802) is amended— (1) in the matter following subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘under paragraph (3)’’; and (2) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘in connection with’’. (b) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS.—Section 103 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 803) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS; REAPPOINTMENT.— ‘‘(1) Appointed members of the Board shall continue to serve at the pleasure of the officer by whom they are appointed, and (unless reappointed under paragraph (2)) shall serve for a term of 4 years. ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the limitations in subparagraph (B), mem- bers of the Board may be reappointed, except that no member may serve more than 2 full consecutive terms. Members may be reappointed to 2 full consecutive terms after being appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board. ‘‘(B) Members of the Board shall not be subject to the limitation on reappointment in subparagraph (A) during their period of service as Chairman of the Board and may be re- appointed to an additional full term after termination of such Chairmanship. ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2), the term of each member of the Board shall begin on October 1 of the even numbered year which would otherwise apply with one- half of the Board positions having terms which begin in each even numbered year. ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to appointments made to the Board on or after the date of enactment of the Congres- sional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.’’. Applicability. Effective date. Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. 2 USC 801 note. July 7, 2010 [S. 2865]
