[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 28

Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a 
  School Zone Safety Awareness Week to encourage schools, government, 
 parents, and businesses in the United States to educate children and 
           adults about safety in our Nation's school zones.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

     Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania submitted the following concurrent 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a 
  School Zone Safety Awareness Week to encourage schools, government, 
 parents, and businesses in the United States to educate children and 
           adults about safety in our Nation's school zones.

Whereas School Zone Safety Awareness Week promotes educating young children in 
        order to improve their cognitive skills so they are able to effectively 
        identify irresponsible driving behavior;
Whereas School Zone Safety Awareness Week promotes educating drivers of all ages 
        about the importance of abiding speed laws and stop signs in marked 
        school zone areas;
Whereas traffic-related pedestrian death rates are twice as high in urban areas 
        as in rural areas;
Whereas pedestrian injury remains the second leading cause of unintentional-
        injury-related death among children ages 5 to 14;
Whereas the United States values educational programs that encourage safety in 
        our Nation's school zones;
Whereas the Nation's kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education system 
        should strive to educate children and parents about the importance of 
        school zone safety;
Whereas the understanding and education of the primary causes of pedestrian/
        child-related accidents in school zones is an important part of 
        promoting safer walking environments;
Whereas walking is a fundamental component of physical fitness for children, and 
        it is essential that children have the ability to walk safely in school 
        areas;
Whereas many organizations such as National Safe Kids Campaign (partnered with 
        FedEx Express) have worked to perform nationwide surveys of speeding in 
        school zones as part of a larger initiative to create safer walking 
        environments for children; and
Whereas the establishment of the last week of August in every year as School 
        Zone Safety Awareness Week would encourage schools, government, parents, 
        and businesses in the United States to educate children and adults about 
        safety in our Nation's school zones: Now therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that there should be established a 
School Zone Safety Awareness Week to encourage schools, government, 
parents, and businesses in the United States to educate children and 
adults about safety in our Nation's school zones.
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