[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 554 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 554

    Honoring the life of Jacob Wetterling and the efforts of Patty 
  Wetterling and the Wetterling family to find abducted children and 
                        support their families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2016

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Franken) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Honoring the life of Jacob Wetterling and the efforts of Patty 
  Wetterling and the Wetterling family to find abducted children and 
                        support their families.

Whereas Patty and Jerry Wetterling faced the unimaginable tragedy of having 
        their 11-year-old son, Jacob Wetterling, abducted near their home in 
        Stearns County, Minnesota, on October 22, 1989;
Whereas Jacob Wetterling was taken at gunpoint and his disappearance remained 
        unsolved for nearly 27 years;
Whereas Jacob Wetterling's body was not recovered until September of 2016;
Whereas Patty Wetterling bravely turned her grief into action and devoted her 
        life to advocating for missing and exploited children;
Whereas Patty Wetterling has become a nationally recognized educator on child 
        abduction and the sexual exploitation of children;
Whereas Patty Wetterling serves on the Board of Directors of the National Center 
        for Missing and Exploited Children;
Whereas Patty Wetterling and her husband co-founded the Jacob Wetterling 
        Resource Center to educate communities about child safety issues to 
        prevent child exploitation and abductions;
Whereas Patty Wetterling authored the publication ``When Your Child is Missing: 
        A Family Survival Guide'', along with 4 other families;
Whereas Patty Wetterling served for more than 7 years as Director of Sexual 
        Violence Prevention for the Minnesota Department of Health;
Whereas the Star Tribune selected Patty Wetterling as one of the ``100 Most 
        Influential Minnesotans of the Century'';
Whereas Patty Wetterling's efforts led to the passage of the Jacob Wetterling 
        Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act 
        (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 2038), a Federal law that requires States 
        to implement a sex offender and crimes against children registry; and
Whereas Jacob Wetterling's memory lives on through the efforts of the Wetterling 
        family: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors--
            (1) the life of Jacob Wetterling; and
            (2) the efforts of Patty Wetterling and the Wetterling 
        family to prevent child exploitation and abductions across the 
        United States.
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