[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 386 Introduced in House (IH)]



106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 386

   Supporting the use of child safety seat occupancy identification 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

 Mr. Crowley submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Supporting the use of child safety seat occupancy identification 
                               programs.

Whereas 8,870 children under age four are injured and 670 children under age 
        four are killed in auto accidents every year;
Whereas emergency medical personnel at the scene of an accident often have no 
        source of information to identify a child or any special medical needs 
        of the child, especially when the child is not riding with parents or 
        when the parents or other adult passengers in an automobile have been 
        incapacitated in the accident;
Whereas rescue efforts proceed more smoothly if emergency personnel can identify 
        the child or children at the scene of an accident;
Whereas the child safety seat occupancy identification program known as the ``We 
        Have A Little Emergency'' (WHALE) program is an identification and 
        information package for child car safety seats that uses self-adhesive 
        information labels to provide the child's name, date of birth, essential 
        medical history, and an emergency contact, as well as the child's photo, 
        which parents can update as their child grows;
Whereas because the informational label is attached to the rear of the child 
        safety seat, the privacy of the child's personal information is ensured;
Whereas the WHALE program is in use in counties and municipalities in 32 States; 
        and
Whereas counties and municipalities distribute the identification stickers to 
        schools, hospitals, and organizations involved in providing child care, 
        which in turn distribute the stickers to parents to place on child 
        safety seats: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress urges State and local governments, as well as 
parents, schools, institutions involved in providing child care, to use 
the ``We Have A Little Emergency'' (WHALE) child safety seat occupancy 
identification program to provide identification and essential medical 
information for children in the event of an automobile accident.

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