[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 299 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 299

Recognizing, and supporting efforts to enhance the public awareness of, 
             the social problem of child abuse and neglect.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2004

Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. DeWine, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Akaka, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Dorgan) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing, and supporting efforts to enhance the public awareness of, 
             the social problem of child abuse and neglect.

Whereas each year in the United States approximately 3,000,000 reports of 
        suspected or known child abuse and neglect, involving 5,000,000 
        children, are made to child protective service agencies;
Whereas 588,000 children are unable to live safely with their families and are 
        placed in foster homes and institutions;
Whereas it is estimated that every year in the United States more than 1,200 
        children, 85 percent of whom are under the age of 6 years, of whom 44 
        percent are under the age of 1 year, lose their lives as a direct result 
        of abuse and neglect;
Whereas this tragic social problem results in human and economic costs through 
        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 7, 2004, during Child Abuse Prevention Month, to focus public 
        awareness on child abuse and neglect: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the Senate 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 victimized children 
                hope for the future; and
                    (C) the faith community, nonprofit organizations, 
                and volunteers across America should recommit 
                themselves and mobilize their resources to assist 
                abused and neglected children; and
            (2) the Senate--
                    (A) supports the goals and ideas of the Day of 
                Hope, which will be observed on April 7, 2004, as part 
                of Child Abuse Prevention Month; and
                    (B) commends the individuals working on behalf of 
                abused and neglected children throughout the United 
                States.
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