Lunar Landing Day Act
The Lunar Landing Day Act establishes July 20 as Lunar Landing Day to commemorate the first successful human landing on the Moon in 1969. This legislation adds the new observance to the United States Code, encouraging federal, state, local, and private entities to recognize the date through proclamations and educational activities. The bill also updates the official list of national observances to include Lunar Landing Day while reorganizing the numbering of existing sections in the relevant code chapter.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2026
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jul 2026
House Passage
President
Introduced Jul 23, 2026
Last action Aug 20, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Jul 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4273-4274; text: CR S4273-4274)
upper
Jul 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4273-4274; text: CR S4273-4274)
upper
Jul 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tim Sheehy
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Moran
RRepublican
Co
Maria Cantwell
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Kelly
DDemocratic
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