[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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                 NATIONAL GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK

  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of Senate 
Joint Resolution 167, designating ``National Gang Violence Prevention 
Week,'' and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate 
consideration, that the joint resolution be deemed read three times, 
passed and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that the 
preamble be agreed to; and any statements relating thereto appear in 
the Record at the appropriate place.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 167) was deemed read the third time 
and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 167

       Whereas the number of gang homicides has risen in Chicago 
     alone from 38 in 1980 to 101 in 1990;
       Whereas the number of gang-related homicides as of 1991 
     stood at 1,051;
       Whereas, in the past decade, gang-related homicides and 
     gang related drug trafficking has increased and spread to 
     cities in all 50 States;
       Whereas, between the years 1989 and 1991, the number of 
     gangs and gang members in the Nation's 79 largest cities 
     doubled;
       Whereas the number of gangs as of 1991 stood at 4,881 which 
     includes 249,324 members;
       Whereas gangs are now part of the crime problem in 
     communities with populations as small as 8,000 citizens;
       Whereas many gangs are actively involved in drug 
     trafficking, and some Los Angeles gangs have been linked to 
     Colombian drug cartels;
       Whereas our youth are directly impacted by the rise in gang 
     membership, with the average age of gang members being 19; 
     and
       Whereas every effort needs to be made to reduce gang 
     violence and steer our young people away from gangs and every 
     citizen needs to be aware of the problem: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week 
     of September 12, 1994, through September 16, 1994, be 
     designated as ``National Gang Violence Prevention Week'', and 
     the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
     proclamation calling on the people of the United States to 
     observe the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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