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The bill establishes an annual 'Lunar Landing Day' to promote space/STEM education and community engagement, but it provides no funding and imposes only minor administrative burdens on schools and governments.
Students and educators receive a recurring annual opportunity (July 20, 'Lunar Landing Day') encouraging schools and universities to hold lessons and activities about the 1969 moon landing and space science.
Private citizens and community organizations gain an annual occasion to celebrate a patriotic and scientific achievement, which can boost public interest in space exploration and support STEM outreach and career awareness.
Schools, universities, and state/local governments must absorb any costs and staff time for observances because the bill creates no funding or program mandates.
State and local governments, schools, and other entities may face minor administrative burdens and short-term confusion from technical renumbering of sections, requiring updates to legal citations and references.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a new national observance, "Lunar Landing Day" on July 20, and renumbers sections in chapter 1 of title 36 to insert the new section.
Official title: Amend title 36, United States Code, to designate July 20 as Lunar Landing Day.
Introduced July 23, 2026 by Timothy Patrick Sheehy · Last progress July 23, 2026
Establishes July 20 as "Lunar Landing Day" in U.S. law and updates numbering within chapter 1 of title 36 of the U.S. Code. It directs federal, state, local, private, and nonprofit entities to recognize the day through proclamations, activities, and educational efforts commemorating the July 20, 1969 lunar landing and promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration and science.