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Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be commended for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, and that the United States…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be commended for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, and that the United States should continue to act as the leader in space exploration into the 21st century.

Introduced: July 9, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission and for its commitment to developing low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science objectives.

Urges the United States to continue to act as the leader in space exploration into the 21st century.

What's happening now July 9, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Science.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 10, 1997
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 23, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 23, 1997
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 23, 1997
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 15, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 111: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be commended for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, and that the United States should continue to act as the leader in space exploration into the 21st century.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-111/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 111: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be commended for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, and that the United States should continue to act as the leader in space exploration into the 21st century.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-111/.
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H. Con. Res. 111, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-111/.
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[H. Con. Res. 111: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be commended for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, and that the United States should continue to act as the leader in space exploration into the 21st century.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-111/)
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