I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Frontier Congres-
sional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) as spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the 
first manned lunar landing mission, Neil A. Arm-
strong gained the distinction of being the first man 
to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its 
surface on July 21, 1969; 
(2) by conquering the moon at great personal 
risk to safety, Neil Armstrong advanced America sci-
entifically and technologically, paving the way for fu-
ture missions to other regions in space; 
(3) Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., joined Arm-
strong in piloting the lunar module, Eagle, to the 
surface of the moon, and became the second person 
to walk upon its surface; 
(4) Michael Collins piloted the command mod-
ule, Columbia, in lunar orbit and helped his fellow 
Apollo 11 astronauts complete their mission on the 
moon; 
(5) John Herschel Glenn, Jr., helped pave the 
way for the first lunar landing when on February 
20, 1962, he became the first American to orbit the 
Earth; and 
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(6) John Glenn’s actions, like Armstrong’s, 
Aldrin’s and Collins’s, continue to greatly inspire the 
people of the United States. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Neil 
A. Armstrong, Edwin E. ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., Michael Col-
lins, and John Herschel Glenn, Jr., each a gold medal of 
appropriate design, in recognition of their significant con-
tributions to society. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall strike gold medals with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell 
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant 
to section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, 
including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medals. 
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SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
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