    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-28
    116th Congress

    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

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    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.

    Approved July 5, 2019.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 60:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
    June 10, considered and passed House.
    June 18, considered and passed Senate.