[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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       CRIME BILL INCLUDES IMPORTANT CHILD PROTECTION PROVISIONS

  (Mr. RAMSTAD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RAMSTAD. Mr. Speaker, with all the media hype about ``three 
strikes and you're out,'' more cops on the beat and the death penalty, 
it is no surprise that three sections of the House crime bill dealing 
with crimes against children have received little attention.
  Nonetheless, these provisions I have authored are important to the 
children of America, their families and to law enforcement and merit 
the support of every Member of Congress.
  First, we need the Jacob Wetterling child protection bill to 
establish a national registration system for convicted child abductors 
and molesters.
  Second, we need to pass the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act to curb 
international trafficking child pornography and sexual abuse.
  One of the 30 child advocacy groups supporting this bill called it 
``the most significant Federal legislation against sexual exploitation 
of children since the Mann Act.''
  Third, the Assaults Against Children Act addresses a serious gap in 
current child abuse law by providing felony prosecutions for assaults 
to children which result in substantial bodily injuries.
  Mr. Speaker, these child protection provisions are important and 
deserve a strong, bipartisan ``yes'' vote on the crime bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my cosponsors, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] and the gentleman from New York [Mr. 
Schumer] and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Brooks] for their help on 
this bill.

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