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 arrange-
ments 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 Amer-
ican 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
H. J. Res. 60—2 
Whereas the National Air and Space Museum continues to memori-
alize 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 sur-
face 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.