IIA 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 60 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

Received 

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 


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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, 


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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 

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 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That Congress— 

4 (1) requests the Secretary of the Interior to au5 thorize unique and one-time arrangements for the 

6 display of NASA and Smithsonian artifacts, digital 

7 content, film footage, and associated historic audio 

8 and imagery, in and around the vicinity of the Na9 tional Mall, including projected onto the surface of 

10 the Washington Monument for five nights of public 


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1 display during the period beginning on July 16, 

2 2019 and ending on July 20, 2019; and 

3 (2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 

4 House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 

5 of this resolution to the Secretary of the Smithso6 nian Institution and Director of the National Air 

7 and Space Museum. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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