[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 951 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 951

To authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of 
 the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold 
 medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, 
the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. ``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr., the 
   pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; 
Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; 
  and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn Jr.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2009

Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Leahy, 
   Mr. Inouye, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Bingaman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of 
 the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold 
 medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, 
the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. ``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr., the 
   pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; 
Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; 
  and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn Jr.

    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 ``New Frontier Congressional Gold 
Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) as spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned 
        lunar landing mission, Neil A. Armstrong gained the distinction 
        of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to 
        step on its surface on July 21, 1969;
            (2) by conquering the moon at great personal risk to 
        safety, Neil Armstrong advanced America scientifically and 
        technologically, paving the way for future missions to other 
        regions in space;
            (3) Edwin E. ``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr. joined Armstrong in 
        piloting the lunar module, Eagle, to the surface of the moon, 
        and became the second person to walk upon its surface;
            (4) Michael Collins piloted the command module, Columbia, 
        in lunar orbit and helped his fellow Apollo 11 astronauts 
        complete their mission on the moon;
            (5) John Herschel Glenn Jr. helped pave the way for the 
        first lunar landing when on February 20, 1962, he became the 
        first American to orbit the Earth; and
            (6) John Glenn's actions, like Armstrong's, Aldrin's and 
        Collins's, continue to greatly inspire the people of the United 
        States.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. 
``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr., Michael Collins and John Herschel Glenn Jr. each a 
gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of their significant 
contributions to society.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike gold 
medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be 
determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $50,000 to carry out this section.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    (a) Striking and Sale.--The Secretary of the Treasury may strike 
and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to 
section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a 
price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, 
dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold 
medal.
    (b) Reimbursement of Appropriation.--The appropriation used to 
carry out section 3 shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of sales 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for 
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
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