H. J. Res. 60 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

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. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.