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.

congratulates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Apollo astronauts, and the American people on the 50th anniversary of the successful Apollo 11 Mission;

recognizes and celebrates the 50 years of cultural and technological history, legacy, and achievements of the Apollo Program;

recognizes the achievements of all the administrators, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and staff members who contributed to the success of the Apollo Program;

reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to the policy declared in 1958 of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind;

applauds the culmination of a year’s long effort by the National Air and Space Museum to lead a once-in-a-generation national conversation on the legacy of the Apollo Program and to challenge a new century of pioneers to take our next giant leap;

requests the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Executive Secretary, National Space Council, and the Secretary, Department of the Interior, to coordinate and make such appropriate arrangements as to express the Government’s recognition of the Apollo Program’s achievements in and around the Nation’s capital and the National Mall during the Apollo 50 Celebration Week;

requests the Secretary, Department of the Interior, to make unique and one-time arrangements for the display of NASA and Smithsonian artifacts, displays, digital content or film footage, as appropriate, in and around the vicinity of the National Mall, including the surface of the Washington Monument; and

respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution and Director, National Air and Space Museum.