[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 183 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 183

Designating the week beginning May 1, 1994 as ``Arson Awareness Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 21 (legislative day, April 11), 1994

 Mr. Roth (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Levin, Mr. Boren, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Cochran, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Brown, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Coats, Mr. Bumpers, 
  Mr. Craig, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Specter, Mr. Pell, Mr. 
 Sasser, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Thurmond) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Designating the week beginning May 1, 1994 as ``Arson Awareness Week''.

Whereas fires annually cause nearly 6,000 deaths and $10,000,000,000 in property 
        damage in the United States;
Whereas the United States has higher fire property loss per capita than any 
        other industrialized country;
Whereas there are 100,000 known incendiary fires, 50,000 incendiary vehicle 
        fires, and 25,000 incendiary wildland fires annually in the United 
        States;
Whereas arson is responsible for approximately 25 percent of all fires in the 
        United States;
Whereas one of the leading causes of fire deaths in the United States is arson, 
        which accounts for over 700 deaths annually in the United States;
Whereas arson is the leading cause of property damage due to fire in the United 
        States, and is responsible for losses of $2,000,000,000 or approximately 
        $1 of every $4 lost to fire, annually in the United States;
Whereas, according to the National Fire Protection Association, only one third 
        of the suspicious and incendiary fires in the United States are 
        confirmed as arson;
Whereas 13 of the 22 fire storms in Southern California in October and November 
        of 1993 were caused by arson, and resulted in over 126,000 burned acres, 
        $320,000,000 in damage, and injury to 97 people; and
Whereas a week set aside for arson awareness would increase public knowledge 
        about the large impact of the crime: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the week beginning May 1, 
1994, is designated as ``Arson Awareness Week'', and the President is 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling on all public 
officials and the people of the United States to observe the week with 
appropriate programs and activities.

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