IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 405 
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission, and sup-
porting the week of July 16 through July 20 as the Apollo 50 Celebration 
Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2019 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mis-
sion, and supporting the week of July 16 through July 
20 as the Apollo 50 Celebration Week. 
Whereas Congress enacted the Act of August 12, 1946 (60 
Stat. 997; ch. 955, 1), to establish a National Air Mu-
seum, later known as the Smithsonian’s National Air and 
Space Museum (NASM), to commemorate and memori-
alize the American story of human flight in the atmos-
phere and in outer space; 
Whereas Congress enacted the Act of July 29, 1958 (com-
monly 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 ben-
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efit of humankind and to establish the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration (NASA); 
Whereas, in July of 1960, NASA announced the creation of 
the Apollo Program, the Nation’s first orchestrated ini-
tiative 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 hu-
mans 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 pos-
sible; 
Whereas the Apollo Program continued through December of 
1972 and spurred the greatest development of human sci-
entific 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; 
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Whereas NASA continues to pursue space exploration on be-
half of the American people to increase humankind’s un-
derstanding of the heavens; and 
Whereas the National Air and Space Museum continues to 
memorialize the history of American discovery and inven-
tion, 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, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), the Apollo astro-
nauts, and the American people on the 50th anniver-
sary of the successful Apollo 11 Mission; 
(2) recognizes and celebrates the 50 years of 
cultural and technological history, legacy, and 
achievements of the Apollo Program; 
(3) recognizes the achievements of all the ad-
ministrators, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and 
staff members who contributed to the success of the 
Apollo Program; 
(4) reaffirms the commitment of the House of 
Representatives to the policy declared in 1958 of 
peaceful space exploration for the benefit of human-
kind; 
(5) applauds the culmination of a year’s long 
effort by the National Air and Space Museum to 
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lead a once-in-a-generation national conversation on 
the legacy of the Apollo Program and to challenge 
a new century of pioneers to take our next giant 
leap; 
(6) requests the Secretary, Smithsonian Institu-
tion, the Administrator, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, the Executive Secretary, Na-
tional Space Council, and the Secretary, Department 
of the Interior, to coordinate and make such appro-
priate arrangements as to express the Government’s 
recognition of the Apollo Program’s achievements in 
and around the Nation’s capital and the National 
Mall during the Apollo 50 Celebration Week; 
(7) requests the Secretary, Department of the 
Interior, to make unique and one-time arrangements 
for the display of NASA and Smithsonian artifacts, 
displays, digital content or film footage, as appro-
priate, in and around the vicinity of the National 
Mall, including the surface of the Washington Monu-
ment; and 
(8) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 
of this resolution to the Secretary, Smithsonian In-
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stitution and Director, National Air and Space Mu-
seum. 
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