[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 82 (Friday, June 24, 1994)]
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                 NATIONAL APOLLO ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE

  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 187) designating July 16, 1994, as 
``National Apollo Anniversary Observance'' was considered, ordered to 
be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, and the preamble, are as follows:

                             S. J. Res. 187

       Whereas President Kennedy in 1961 called upon the United 
     States to face the challenge of those extraordinary times by 
     sending a mission to the Moon;
       Whereas the United States Government, the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the American people 
     committed great resources, time, and human labor within one 
     decade to span the 238,700 miles between the Earth and the 
     Moon;
       Whereas the United States rose to the challenge and 
     formulated the Apollo missions culminating in the liftoff on 
     July 16, 1969, of the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon;
       Whereas 25 years ago astronaut Neil Armstrong, with the 
     help of Colonel Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr. (USAF) and 
     Lieutenant Colonel Michael Collins (USAF), took that first 
     significant step and became the first human to set foot on 
     the surface of another world;
       Whereas that small step furthered the development of space 
     technology for the lasting benefit of all mankind; and
       Whereas such an event united the world and our many 
     cultures for a brief moment under the flag of peaceful 
     exploration: Now, therefore, be it

         Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That July 
     16, 1994, through July 24, 1994, is designated as ``National 
     Apollo Anniversary Observance'', and the President is 
     authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling on 
     the people of the United States to observe such period with 
     appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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