[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 285 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 285

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    October 26, 1993.  
Whereas Polly Klaas was abducted at knifepoint by a stranger who entered her 
        home in Petaluma, California, late at night on October 1, 1993, while 
        her mother was sleeping in the adjacent room;
Whereas hundreds of generous volunteers have donated their time, energy, and 
        funds to the search for Polly by establishing the Polly Klaas Search 
        Center, which has distributed over 7,000,000 flyers with pictures of 
        Polly and her suspected abductor nationwide;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Petaluma Police Department 
        have also dedicated substantial resources and worked tirelessly on the 
        search for Polly;
Whereas despite the continuing work of the community and law enforcement 
        agencies, efforts to locate Polly have not yet succeeded;
Whereas abducted children are often recovered as a direct result of photographs 
        that are distributed nationwide;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is not permitted to offer free postage 
        for mailings concerning kidnapped children; and
Whereas the Polly Klaas Search Center is currently facing severe financial 
        difficulties due to the high cost of postage: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation should cooperate with the United States Postal Service 
and the Polly Klaas Search Center to use nationwide mailings to 
disseminate as quickly as possible information concerning the 
kidnapping of Polly Klaas.
    Sec. 2. The community of Petaluma, California, the Petaluma Police 
Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are commended for 
their hard work on the Polly Klaas kidnapping case.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.