,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjai ,ms4
 ,johnson of ,texas 7for herself and    
,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,science1
 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to
 designate the ,large ,synoptic ,survey 
,telescope as the ,vera ,rubin ,survey  
,telescope4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,vera ,rubin       
,survey ,telescope ,designation ,act4   
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,dr4 ,vera ,rubin was  
born ,july #bc1 #aibh1 to ,philip and   
,rose ,applebaum ,cooper4  7#b7 ,dr4    
,rubin pursued her graduate studies at  
,cornell ,university and ,georgetown    
,university1 earning her ,ph4,d4 in     
,physics in #aied4  7#c7 ,dr4 ,rubin's  
,ph4,d4 thesis on galaxy motions        
provided supporting evidence that       
galaxies are not uniformly distributed1 
but exist in clusters4  7#d7 ,dr4 ,rubin

 continued to study the motions of      
galaxies1 first as research associate   
and assistant professor at ,georgetown  
,university1 and then as a member of the
 staff at the ,carnegie ,institution of 
,washington ,department of ,terrestrial 
,magnetism4  7#e7 ,dr4 ,rubin faced     
barriers throughout her career because  
of her gender4  7#f7 ,for instance1 one 
of the world's leading astronomy        
facilities at the time1 the ,palomar    
,observatory1 did not permit women4 ,dr4
 ,rubin persisted and was finally       
allowed to observe at ,palomar in #aife1
 the first woman officially allowed to  
do so4  7#g7 ,in #aigj1 ,dr4 ,rubin     
published measurements of the ,andromeda
 galaxy showing stars and gas orbiting  
the galaxy's center too fast to be      
explained by the amount of mass         
associated with the light output of the 
stars4  7#h7 ,in the years that         
followed1 ,dr4 ,rubin and her           
collaborators used their observations1  
in conjunction with the work by earlier 

astronomers on the rotation of stars in 
spiral galaxies1 to provide some of the 
best evidence for the existence of dark 
matter4  7#i7 ,this work contributed to 
a major shift in the conventional view  
of the universe1 from one dominated by  
ordinary matter such as what produces   
the light of stars1 to one dominated by 
dark matter4  7#aj7 ,dr4 ,rubin was     
elected to the ,national ,academy of    
,sciences in #aiha1 the second woman    
astronomer to be so honored4  7#aa7 ,dr4
 ,rubin was awarded the ,president's    
,national ,medal of ,science in #aiic   
for her pioneering research programs in 
observational cosmology which           
demonstrated that much of the matter in 
the universe is dark1 and for           
significant contributions to the        
realization that the universe is more   
complex and more mysterious than had    
been imagined4  7#ab7 ,dr4 ,rubin was an
 outspoken advocate for the equal       
treatment and representation of women in
 science1 and she served as a mentor1   

supporter1 and role model to many women 
astronomers throughout her life4  7#ac7 
,the ,large ,synoptic ,survey           
,telescope1 funded jointly by the       
,national ,science ,foundation and the  
,department of ,energy1 will honor the  
legacy of ,dr4 ,rubin and her colleagues
 to probe the nature of dark matter by  
mapping and cataloging billions of      
galaxies through space and time4  #c4   
,designation ,the ,large ,synoptic      
,survey ,telescope shall be known and   
designated as the ,vera ,rubin ,survey  
,telescope4  #d4 ,references ,any       
reference in a law1 map1 regulation1    
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the facility         
described in section #c shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ,vera ,rubin   
,survey ,telescope4