[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 147 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 147

      Designating June 2005 as ``National Internet Safety Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2005

   Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Craig, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Allen, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Designating June 2005 as ``National Internet Safety Month''.

Whereas in the United States, more than 90 percent of children in grades 5-12 
        now use computers;
Whereas 26 percent of children in grades 5-12 in the United States are online 
        for more than 5 hours a week, and 12 percent of such children spend more 
        time online than they do with their friends;
Whereas 53 percent of children and teens in the United States like to be alone 
        when ``surfing'' the Internet, and 29 percent of such children believe 
        their parents would either express concern, restrict their Internet use, 
        or take away their computer if their parents knew where they were 
        surfing on the Internet;
Whereas 32 percent of the Nation's students in grades 5-12 feel they have the 
        skills to get past filtering software, and 31 percent of youths in the 
        United States have visited an inappropriate place on the Internet, 18 
        percent of them more than once;
Whereas 51 percent of the Nation's students in grades 5-12 trust the people they 
        chat with on the Internet;
Whereas 12 percent of the Nation's students in grades 5-12 have been asked by 
        someone they chatted with on the Internet to meet face to face, and 11.5 
        percent of such students have actually met face to face with a stranger 
        they chatted with on the Internet; and
Whereas 39 percent of youths in grades 5-12 in the United States admit to giving 
        out their personal information, such as name, age, and gender over the 
        Internet, and 14 percent of such youths have received mean or 
        threatening email while on the Internet: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates June 2005 as ``National Internet Safety 
        Month'';
            (2) recognizes that National Internet Safety Month provides 
        an opportunity to educate the people of the United States on 
        the dangers of the Internet and the importance of being safe 
        and responsible online;
            (3) commends and recognizes national and community 
        organizations for their work in promoting awareness of the 
        dangers of the Internet and for providing information and 
        training that develops the critical thinking and decision 
        making skills needed to be safe online; and
            (4) calls on Internet safety organizations, law 
        enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents, and 
        volunteers to increase their efforts to raise the level of 
        awareness in the United States regarding the need for online 
        safety.
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