[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 60 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 60


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2019

                                Received

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                            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.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.