[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 60 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.60

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-
 time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington 
Monument during the period beginning on July 16, 2019 and ending on July 
                                20, 2019.

Whereas Congress enacted the Act of August 12, 1946 (60 Stat. 997; ch. 
  955, 1), to establish a National Air Museum, later known as the 
  Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM), to commemorate 
  and memorialize the American story of human flight in the atmosphere 
  and in outer space;

Whereas Congress enacted the Act of July 29, 1958 (commonly known as 
  the National Aeronautics and Space Act) (72 Stat. 426-438; 42 U.S.C. 
  2451 et seq.), to declare a policy of peaceful space activities 
  designed for the benefit of humankind and to establish the National 
  Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);

Whereas in July of 1960, NASA announced the creation of the Apollo 
  Program, the Nation's first orchestrated initiative to ferry 
  humankind out of Earth's orbit and to the Moon;

Whereas on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 Mission succeeded in landing 
  the spacecraft Eagle on the surface of the Moon, piloted by two 
  American astronauts, the first humans to ever make landfall on 
  another celestial body;

Whereas on July 20 and 21, 1969, those brave Americans became the first 
  humans to set foot on the surface of the Moon, forever changing 
  Earth's relationship with the heavens;

Whereas this momentous event was watched in wonder by hundreds of 
  millions of people back on Earth, including the hundreds of thousands 
  of NASA civilian and military staff and partners who made the Apollo 
  Program possible;

Whereas the Apollo Program continued through December of 1972 and 
  spurred the greatest development of human scientific and 
  technological understanding of any decade to that point, leading to 
  advances in rocketry, spaceflight, avionics, telecommunications, and 
  computers, on which the American public still relies today;

Whereas the National Air and Space Museum opened on the American 
  Bicentennial in July 1976 as a birthday gift to the country in 
  celebration of the Nation's highest achievements, under the 
  leadership and vision of Museum Director, NASA astronaut, and Apollo 
  11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins;

Whereas NASA continues to pursue space exploration on behalf of the 
  American people to increase humankind's understanding of the heavens; 
  and

Whereas the National Air and Space Museum continues to memorialize the 
  history of American discovery and invention, and seeks to educate and 
  inspire new generations of innovators and explorers to ensure that 
  our future achievements in space are fully empowered by the 
  achievements of the past: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress--
        (1) requests the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique 
    and one-time arrangements for the display of NASA and Smithsonian 
    artifacts, digital content, film footage, and associated historic 
    audio and imagery, in and around the vicinity of the National Mall, 
    including projected onto the surface of the Washington Monument for 
    five nights of public display during the period beginning on July 
    16, 2019 and ending on July 20, 2019; and
        (2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House of 
    Representatives transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
    Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Director of the 
    National Air and Space Museum.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.