[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 113 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                        March 26, 2003.
Whereas approximately 3,000,000 reports of suspected or known child abuse and 
        neglect involving 5,000,000 American children are made to child 
        protective service agencies each year;
Whereas 556,000 American children are unable to live safely with their families 
        and are placed in foster homes and institutions;
Whereas it is estimated that more than 1,200 children, 85 percent of whom are 
        under the age of 6 years and 44 percent of whom are under the age of 1 
        year, lose their lives as a direct result of abuse and neglect every 
        year in the United States;
Whereas this tragic social problem results in human and economic costs due to 
        its relationship to crime and delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, 
        domestic violence, and welfare dependency; and
Whereas Childhelp USA has initiated a ``Day of Hope'' to be observed on 
        Wednesday, April 2, 2003, during Child Abuse Prevention Month, to focus 
        public awareness on this social ill: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
                    (A) all Americans should keep the victims of child abuse and 
                neglect in their thoughts and prayers;
                    (B) all Americans should seek to break the cycle of child 
                abuse and neglect and to give these victimized children hope for 
                the future; and
                    (C) the faith community, nonprofit organizations, and 
                volunteers across the United States should recommit themselves 
                and mobilize their resources to assist these abused and 
                neglected children; and
            (2) the House of Representatives--
                    (A) supports the goals and ideals of the ``Day of Hope'', 
                which was initiated by Childhelp USA; and
                    (B) commends Childhelp USA for all of its efforts on behalf 
                of abused and neglected children throughout the United States.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.