A bill to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces to commemorate the Apollo 11 lunar landing and to establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Commemorative Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

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Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint as many as 50 million 50-cent pieces bearing the inscription "WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND" on the reverse side, and an official Apollo 11 emblem on the face of the coin. Provides that each coin minted shall contain a fractional content of an appropriate metal derived from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Establishes an "Apollo Lunar Landing Commemorative Trust Fund." Authorize an appropriations to the trust fund of such amounts as may accrue from the sale of the coins minted pursuant to this Act. Provides that the trust fund shall be available for making expenditures to meet those obligations of the United States hereafter incurred which are attributable to the continued development, construction, maintenance, and operation of the space information and education center at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and other space information and education purposes. Establishes an Apollo Lunar Landing Commemorative Commission which shall consist of the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration who shall chair the Commission, the Director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, and 3 presidentially appointed members. Provides for the rates of compensation, tenure, powers and duties of the Commission members. Includes among its duties (1) the design of the Apollo 11 emblem; (2) the power to authorize issuance of the commemorative coin; (3) selection of those governmental or commercial bodies which shall dispose of the coins; (4) fixing the dates and numbers of coins to be issued; and (5) determining appropriate uses of the amounts of such funds as may accrue to the trust fund.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 February 1973

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