[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 117 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. Res. 117

  To designate August 1, 1993, as ``National Incest and Sexual Abuse 
                             Healing Day.''


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 28 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

   Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
Domenici, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. 
     Conrad, Mr. Robb, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Metzenbaum, and Mr. Sasser) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  To designate August 1, 1993, as ``National Incest and Sexual Abuse 
                             Healing Day.''

Whereas child abuse occurs in alarming proportions, with two million nine 
        hundred thousand reported cases in 1992, increasing by fifty percent 
        between 1985 and 1992;
Whereas sexual abuse of children, including abuse by family members, is a crime 
        crossing all social or economic boundaries in the United States;
Whereas child abuse is frequently perpetuated, as one generation of victims 
        becomes the next generation of abusers, creating a vicious cycle of 
        violence;
Whereas opportunities to speak out publicly and truthfully about child sexual 
        abuse are deemed of value by numerous survivors and victims' advocates, 
        as a means to promote public awareness and understanding and to foster a 
        sense of support for and among victims;
Whereas open and honest dialogue is a prerequisite for progress in combatting 
        child abuse; and
Whereas August 1, 1993, will be the first nationwide ``speakout'' by survivors 
        of incest and child sexual abuse: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That August 1, 1993, be 
designated as ``National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day,'' to be 
observed by the people of the United States with appropriate ceremonies 
and activities.

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