,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fadg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjaf,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of   
,texas 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,miller of    
,florida1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4 
,takano1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 and ,mr4        
,bilirakis7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on          
,veterans' ,affairs1 and ,science1      
,space1 and ,technology1 for a period to
 be subsequently determined by the      
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish the #ejth      
,anniversary ,apollo ,i ,memorial4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,apollo ,i ,memorial ,act4  #b4     
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,on ,january #bg1 #aifg1 ,,nasa  
,astronauts ,command ,pilot ,virgil ,i4 
,gus ,grissom1 ,senior ,pilot ,edward   

,h4 ,white ,,ii1 and ,pilot ,roger ,b4  
,chaffee were killed in an electrical   
fire that broke out inside the ,apollo  
,i ,command ,module on ,launch ,pad #cd 
at the ,kennedy ,space ,center in ,cape 
,canaveral1 ,florida4  7#b7 ,command    
,pilot ,virgil ,grissom was selected by 
,,nasa in #aiei as one of the original  
seven ,mercury astronauts4 ,he piloted  
the ,liberty ,bell #g spacecraft on     
,july #ba1 #aifc1 on the second and     
final ,mercury suborbital test flight1  
served as command pilot on the first    
manned ,gemini flight on ,march #bc1    
#aife1 and was named as ,command ,pilot 
of the first ,apollo flight4 ,he began  
his career in the ,united ,states ,army 
,air ,corps and was a ,lieutenant       
,colonel in the ,united ,states ,air    
,force at the time of the accident1 and 
he is buried at ,arlington ,national    
,cemetery4  7#c7 ,senior ,pilot ,edward 
,h4 ,white ,,ii was selected by ,,nasa  
as a member of the second astronaut team
 in #aifb4 ,he piloted the ,gemini-#d   

mission1 a #d-;day mission that took    
place in ,june #aife1 during which he   
conducted the first extravehicular      
activity in the ,united ,states human   
spaceflight program4 ,he was named as   
,command ,module ,pilot for the first   
,apollo flight4 ,he began his career as 
a cadet in ,united ,states ,military    
,academy at ,west ,point and was a      
,lieutenant ,colonel in the ,united     
,states ,air ,force at the time of the  
accident4  7#d7 ,pilot ,roger ,b4       
,chaffee was selected by ,,nasa as part 
of the third group of astronauts in     
#aifc4 ,he was named as the ,lunar      
,module ,pilot for the first ,apollo    
flight4 ,he began his career as a ,,rotc
 cadet before commissioning as an ensign
 in the ,united ,states ,navy1 he was a 
,lieutenant ,commander in the ,united   
,states ,navy at the time of the        
accident1 and he is buried at ,arlington
 ,national ,cemetery4  7#e7 ,all #c     
astronauts were posthumously awarded the
 ,congressional ,space ,medal of ,honor4

  7#f7 ,as ,arlington ,national         
,cemetery is where we recognize heroes  
who have passed in the service of our   
,nation1 it is fitting on the #ejth     
anniversary of the ,apollo ,i accident  
that we acknowledge those astronauts by 
building a memorial in their honor4  #c4
 ,construction of memorial to the crew  
of the ,apollo ,i launch test accident  
at ,arlington ,national ,cemetery  7a7  
,construction required ,the ,secretary  
of the ,army shall1 in consultation with
 the ,administrator of the ,national    
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1
 construct at an appropriate place in   
,arlington ,national ,cemetery1         
,virginia1 a memorial marker honoring   
the three members of the crew of the    
,apollo ,i crew who died during a launch
 rehearsal test on ,january #bg1 #aifg1 
in ,cape ,canaveral1 ,florida4  7b7     
,availability of funds ,of the amount   
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjag for operations   
and maintenance for the ,army1 #ejj1jjj 

shall be available for the construction 
of the memorial marker required by      
subsection 7a74  #d4 ,donations for a   
memorial for the crew of the ,apollo ,i 
launch test accident  7a7 ,authority ,to
 accept donations ,the ,administrator of
 the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space  
,administration may accept gifts and    
donations of services1 money1 and       
property 7including personal1 tangible1 
or intangible property7 for the memorial
 marker required by section #c4  7b7    
,transfer  7#a7 ,the ,administrator may 
transfer to the ,secretary of the ,army 
any services1 money1 or property        
accepted by the ,administrator under    
subsection 7a7 for the purpose of the   
construction of the memorial marker     
required by section #c4  7#b7 ,any      
moneys transferred to the ,secretary    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be merged    
with amounts in the account referred to 
in subsection 7b7 of section #c1 and    
shall be available for the purpose      
referred to in that subsection4  7c7    

,expiration of authority ,the authority 
of the ,administrator to accept gifts   
and donations under subsection 7a7 shall
 expire #e years after the date of      
enactment of this ,act4