S 951
111th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Congressional tributes
Space flight and exploration
New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced: May 1, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2010
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
Sep 23, 2010
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1653, papers are returned to the Senate.
Jul 21, 2009
Held at the desk.
Jul 21, 2009
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 21, 2009
Received in the House.
Jul 20, 2009
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 20, 2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 20, 2009
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S721)
Jul 20, 2009
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
May 1, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 1, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the President to present gold medals, on behalf of Congress, to: (1) the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the moon, Neil A. Armstrong (the first human to walk on the moon), Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (pilot of the lunar module Eagle and second person to walk on the moon), and Michael Collins (pilot of their command module Columbia) in recognition of the first lunar landing, on July 20, 1969; and (2) John Herschel Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, on February 20, 1962.
What's happening now
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
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