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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2632

To authorize the President to present gold medals on behalf of the Congress

to astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., and

Michael Collins, the crew of Apollo 11.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25, 2000

Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. LAUTENBERG, and Mr.

TORRICELLI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To authorize the President to present gold medals on behalf

of the Congress to astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin

E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, the crew

of Apollo 11.

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

4 Congress finds that—

5 (1) astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, as com6 mander of Apollo 11, achieved the historic accom7 plishment of piloting the Lunar Module ‘‘Eagle’’ to
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1 the surface of the moon, and became the first person

2 to walk upon the moon on July 20, 1969;

3 (2) astronaut Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr.

4 joined Neil A. Armstrong in piloting the Lunar Mod5 ule ‘‘Eagle’’ to the surface of the moon, and became

6 the second person to walk upon the moon on July

7 20, 1969;

8 (3) astronaut Michael Collins provided critical

9 assistance to his fellow astronauts that landed on

10 the moon by piloting the Command Module ‘‘Colum11 bia’’ in the moon’s orbit and communicating with

12 Earth, thereby allowing his fellow Apollo 11 astro13 nauts to successfully complete their mission on the

14 surface of the moon;

15 (4) by conquering the moon at great personal

16 risk to their safety, the 3 Apollo 11 astronauts ad17 vanced America scientifically and technologically,

18 paving the way for future missions to other regions

19 in space; and

20 (5) the Apollo 11 astronauts, by and through

21 their historic feat, united the country in favor of

22 continued space exploration and research.

23 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

24 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is

25 authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold
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1 medals of appropriate design to astronauts Neil A. Arm2 strong, Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins,

3 in recognition of their monumental and unprecedented

4 feat of space exploration, as well as their achievements in

5 the advancement of science and promotion of the space

6 program.

7 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the

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

9 of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) shall strike gold medals with suitable emblems,

11 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec12 retary.

13 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

14 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre15 scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in

16 bronze of the gold medals struck under section 2, at a

17 price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including

18 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead ex19 penses.

20 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

21 The medals struck under this Act are national medals

22 for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
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1 SEC. 5. PROCEEDS OF SALE.

2 Amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze

3 medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United

4 States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

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