[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18469]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               NEW FRONTIER CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2245, which was received 
from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2245) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I would note that of the four names the 
clerk read--those four national heroes--two of them are from Ohio, Neil 
Armstrong and John Glenn.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related 
to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2245) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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