[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 53 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 53

  To designate March 24, 1999, as ``National School Violence Victims' 
                            Memorial Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 1999

Mr. Hutchinson (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, 
 Mr. McConnell, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Jeffords, 
 Mr. Helms, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
Grams, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Brownback, 
Mr. Reid, Mr. Robb, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Kennedy, 
  Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Sarbanes, Mr. Burns, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Reed, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Campbell, 
  Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Kerrey, Ms. 
 Collins, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To designate March 24, 1999, as ``National School Violence Victims' 
                            Memorial Day''.

Whereas approximately 10 percent of all public schools reported at least 1 
        serious violent crime to a law enforcement agency over the course of the 
        1996-97 school year;
Whereas in 1996, approximately 225,000 students between the ages of 12 and 18 
        were victims of nonfatal violent crime in schools in the United States;
Whereas during 1992 through 1994, 76 students and 29 non-students were victims 
        of murders or suicides that were committed in schools in the United 
        States;
Whereas because of escalating school violence, the children of the United States 
        are increasingly afraid that they will be attacked or harmed at school;
Whereas efforts must be made to decrease incidences of school violence through 
        an annual remembrance and prevention education; and
Whereas the Senate encourages school administrators in the United States to 
        develop school violence awareness activities and programs for 
        implementation on March 24, 1999: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates March 24, 1999, as ``National School 
        Violence Victims' Memorial Day''; and
            (2) requests the President to issue a proclamation 
        designating March 24, 1999, as ``National School Violence 
        Victims' Memorial Day'' and calling on the people of the United 
        States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and 
        activities.
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