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S. 951 111th Congress Senate

New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold medals on … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn, Jr.

Introduced: July 16, 2009 See on congress.gov
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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
Received in the House.
Jul 21, 2009
Held at the desk.
Jul 21, 2009
Message on Senate action sent to 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
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to 1 with no recorded outcome

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,641 – To amend the title. No recorded outcome Jul 20, 2009
SAMDT 1,640 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Jul 20, 2009
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 Latest action September 23, 2010

Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HRES 1653 Procedurally related Returning several measures to the Senate.
  • HR 2245 New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 7 Republican 2
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 20, 2009
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 20, 2009
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jul 20, 2009
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jul 16, 2009
Isakson, Johnny
· Jul 16, 2009
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 16, 2009
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Jul 15, 2009
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 14, 2009
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 12, 2009
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 12, 2009
Vitter, David
· May 1, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 951: New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-951/
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