[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 166 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 166


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2003

        Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress in support of Buckle Up America Week.

Whereas Buckle Up America is a national campaign that promotes and encourages 
        safety belt and child safety seat use;
Whereas failure to wear safety belts and use child safety seats contributes to 
        more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior;
Whereas, in 2002, 42,850 people were killed in automobile accidents and 
        2,914,000 people were injured in such accidents;
Whereas the economic cost to society is estimated at annual cost of non-use at 
        current safety belt usage rates is $26 billion per year;
Whereas most passenger vehicle occupants killed in motor vehicle crashes 
        continue to be those not restrained by safety belts or child safety 
        seats;
Whereas crashes are the leading killer of all children, including African-
        American and Hispanic children;
Whereas car crashes are the second leading killer of African-American young men;
Whereas according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, safety 
        belts saved over 11,000 lives in the United States in 2000; and
Whereas educational programs like Buckle Up America Week have increased seat 
        belt usage: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) all people throughout the Nation should talk to family 
        and friends about the importance of wearing a safety belt;
            (2) law enforcement agencies should be commended for their 
        commitment to enforce safety belt usage laws;
            (3) national and community agencies and organizations 
        should be recognized and applauded for their work in promoting 
        awareness about Buckle Up America Week;
            (4) all legislative leaders should participate in Buckle Up 
        America events; and
            (5) drivers and passengers should insist their fellow 
        automobile passengers wear their safety belt and that all 
        children in the car are buckled up in the appropriate restraint 
        for their age, height, and weight.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.