[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 4, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMENDING THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND CLEAR CHANNEL 
                             COMMUNICATIONS

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 4, 2001

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduced legislation commending 
the American Football Coaches Association and Clear Channel 
Communications for their dedication and efforts to protect children. 
These two organizations teamed up to provide a vital means for locating 
the Nation's missing, kidnapped and runaway children.
  In 1997, the National Child Identification Program was created with 
the goal of fingerprinting 20 million children. This program provides a 
free fingerprint kit for parents. This ID Kit allows parents to take 
and store their child's fingerprints in their own home. This 
information then remains in the parents' possession. If it is ever 
needed, it gives authorities vital information to assist them in their 
efforts to locate a missing child.
  In the program's first year, over 2 million identification kits were 
handed out at college football games across the country. Since that 
time, over 8 million of these kits have been distributed to parents. 
This is the largest child identification effort ever conducted.
  Clear Channel Communications partnered with the American Football 
Coaches Association last September and has committed to raise millions 
of dollars to help provide a kit to every child in the country.
  Mr. Speaker, I think our Nation would be a much better place if more 
organizations would join together like these have to help the innocent 
children in this country. Through this legislation, I would like to 
commend these two organizations for their efforts, and I hope my 
colleagues will join me as cosponsors of this bill.

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