,,iia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #fj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate 
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1
 #bjai,received  ,,joint ,,resolution   
,requesting the ,secretary of the       
,interior to authorize unique and       
one-time arrangements for displays on   
the ,national ,mall and the ,washington 
,monument during the period beginning on
 ,july #af1 #bjai and ending on ,july   
#bj1 #bjai4  ,whereas ,congress enacted 
the ,act of ,august #ab1 #aidf 7#fj     
,stat4 #iig2 ch4 #iee1 #a71 to establish
 a ,national ,air ,museum1 later known  
as the ,smithsonian's ,national ,air and
 ,space ,museum 7,,nasm71 to commemorate
 and memorialize the ,american story of 
human flight in the atmosphere and in   
outer space2 ,whereas ,congress enacted 
the ,act of ,july #bi1 #aieh 7commonly  
known as the ,national ,aeronautics and 
,space ,act7 7#gb ,stat4 #dbf-dch2 #db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bdea et seq471 to declare a  
policy of peaceful space activities     
designed for the benefit of humankind   

and to establish the ,national          
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
7,,nasa72 ,whereas in ,july of #aifj1   
,,nasa announced the creation of the    
,apollo ,program1 the ,nation's first   
orchestrated initiative to ferry        
humankind out of ,earth's orbit and to  
the ,moon2 ,whereas on ,july #bj1 #aifi1
 the ,apollo #aa ,mission succeeded in  
landing the spacecraft ,eagle on the    
surface of the ,moon1 piloted by two    
,american astronauts1 the first humans  
to ever make landfall on another        
celestial body2 ,whereas on ,july #bj   
and #ba1 #aifi1 those brave ,americans  
became the first humans to set foot on  
the surface of the ,moon1 forever       
changing ,earth's relationship with the 
heavens2 ,whereas this momentous event  
was watched in wonder by hundreds of    
millions of people back on ,earth1      
including the hundreds of thousands of  
,,nasa civilian and military staff and  
partners who made the ,apollo ,program  
possible2 ,whereas the ,apollo ,program 

continued through ,december of #aigb and
 spurred the greatest development of    
human scientific and technological      
understanding of any decade to that     
point1 leading to advances in rocketry1 
spaceflight1 avionics1                  
telecommunications1 and computers1 on   
which the ,american public still relies 
today2 ,whereas the ,national ,air and  
,space ,museum opened on the ,american  
,bicentennial in ,july #aigf as a       
birthday gift to the country in         
celebration of the ,nation's highest    
achievements1 under the leadership and  
vision of ,museum ,director1 ,,nasa     
astronaut1 and ,apollo #aa ,command     
,module ,pilot ,michael ,collins2       
,whereas ,,nasa continues to pursue     
space exploration on behalf of the      
,american people to increase humankind's
 understanding of the heavens2 and      
,whereas the ,national ,air and ,space  
,museum continues to memorialize the    
history of ,american discovery and      
invention1 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    
past3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that     
,congress-- 7#a7 requests the ,secretary
 of the ,interior to authorize unique   
and one-time arrangements for the       
display of ,,nasa and ,smithsonian      
artifacts1 digital content1 film        
footage1 and associated historic audio  
and imagery1 in and around the vicinity 
of the ,national ,mall1 including       
projected onto the surface of the       
,washington ,monument for five nights of
 public display during the period       
beginning on ,july #af1 #bjai and ending
 on ,july #bj1 #bjai2 and  7#b7         
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 ,museum4      
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  

,june #aj1 #bjai4;,cheryl ,l4           
,johnson1,clerk4