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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2245 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2009 

Received; read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Frontier Congres5 sional Gold Medal Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds that— 

3 (1) as spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the 

4 first manned lunar landing mission, Neil A. Arm5 strong gained the distinction of being the first man 

6 to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its 

7 surface on July 21, 1969; 

8 (2) by conquering the moon at great personal 

9 risk to safety, Neil Armstrong advanced America sci10 entifically and technologically, paving the way for fu11 ture missions to other regions in space; 

12 (3) Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., joined Arm13 strong in piloting the lunar module, Eagle, to the 

14 surface of the moon, and became the second person 

15 to walk upon its surface; 

16 (4) Michael Collins piloted the command mod17 ule, Columbia, in lunar orbit and helped his fellow 

18 Apollo 11 astronauts complete their mission on the 

19 moon; 

20 (5) John Herschel Glenn, Jr., helped pave the 

21 way for the first lunar landing when on February 

22 20, 1962, he became the first American to orbit the 

23 Earth; and 

24 (6) John Glenn’s actions, like Armstrong’s, 

25 Aldrin’s and Collins’s, continue to greatly inspire the 

26 people of the United States. 

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1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

2 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 

3 authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Neil 

4 A. Armstrong, Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., Michael Col5 lins, and John Herschel Glenn, Jr., each a gold medal of 

6 appropriate design, in recognition of their significant con7 tributions to society. 

8 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 

9 presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 

10 of the Treasury shall strike gold medals with suitable em11 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

12 Secretary. 

13 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

14 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell 

15 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant 

16 to section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may 

17 prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, 

18 including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 

19 overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medals. 

20 SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

21 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

22 medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 

23 States Code. 

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1 SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 

2 SALE. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 

4 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

5 Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as may be nec6 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

7 to this Act. 

8 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 

9 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

10 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

11 Enterprise Fund. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

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