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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 5, 2009 

Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Frontier Congres3 sional Gold Medal Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds that— 

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

7 first manned lunar landing mission, Neil A. Arm8 strong gained the distinction of being the first man 

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

10 surface on July 21, 1969; 

11 (2) by conquering the moon at great personal 

12 risk to safety, Neil Armstrong advanced America sci13 entifically and technologically, paving the way for fu14 ture missions to other regions in space; 

15 (3) Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., joined Arm16 strong in piloting the lunar module, Eagle, to the 

17 surface of the moon, and became the second person 

18 to walk upon its surface; 

19 (4) Michael Collins piloted the command mod20 ule, Columbia, in lunar orbit and helped his fellow 

21 Apollo 11 astronauts complete their mission on the 

22 moon; 

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

24 way for the first lunar landing when on February 

25 20, 1962, he became the first American to orbit the 

26 Earth; and 


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

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

3 people of the United States. 

4 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

5 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 

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

7 A. Armstrong, Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., Michael Col8 lins, and John Herschel Glenn, Jr., each a gold medal of 

9 appropriate design, in recognition of their significant con10 tributions to society. 

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

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

13 of the Treasury shall strike gold medals with suitable em14 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

15 Secretary. 

16 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

17 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell 

18 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant 

19 to section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may 

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

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

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


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1 SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

2 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

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

4 States Code. 

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

6 SALE. 

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

8 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

9 Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as may be nec10 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

11 to this Act. 

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

13 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

14 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

15 Enterprise Fund. 

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