Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission, and supporting the week of July 16 through July 20 as the Apollo 50 Celebration Week.

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- VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 May 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR405.IH HR405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 405 IH 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 May 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR405.IH HR405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 405 IH 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 (1) congratulates the National Aeronautics and 2 Space Administration (NASA), the Apollo astro- 3 nauts, and the American people on the 50th anniver- 4 sary of the successful Apollo 11 Mission; 5 (2) recognizes and celebrates the 50 years of 6 cultural and technological history, legacy, and 7 achievements of the Apollo Program; 8 (3) recognizes the achievements of all the ad- 9 ministrators, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and 10 staff members who contributed to the success of the 11 Apollo Program; 12 (4) reaffirms the commitment of the House of 13 Representatives to the policy declared in 1958 of 14 peaceful space exploration for the benefit of human- 15 kind; 16 (5) applauds the culmination of a year’s long 17 effort by the National Air and Space Museum to 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 May 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR405.IH HR405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HRES 405 IH lead a once-in-a-generation national conversation on 1 the legacy of the Apollo Program and to challenge 2 a new century of pioneers to take our next giant 3 leap; 4 (6) requests the Secretary, Smithsonian Institu- 5 tion, the Administrator, National Aeronautics and 6 Space Administration, the Executive Secretary, Na- 7 tional Space Council, and the Secretary, Department 8 of the Interior, to coordinate and make such appro- 9 priate arrangements as to express the Government’s 10 recognition of the Apollo Program’s achievements in 11 and around the Nation’s capital and the National 12 Mall during the Apollo 50 Celebration Week; 13 (7) requests the Secretary, Department of the 14 Interior, to make unique and one-time arrangements 15 for the display of NASA and Smithsonian artifacts, 16 displays, digital content or film footage, as appro- 17 priate, in and around the vicinity of the National 18 Mall, including the surface of the Washington Monu- 19 ment; and 20 (8) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 21 House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 22 of this resolution to the Secretary, Smithsonian In- 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 May 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR405.IH HR405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HRES 405 IH stitution and Director, National Air and Space Mu- 1 seum. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 May 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR405.IH HR405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS