[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9856]
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                  STATEMENTS ON SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 332--RECOGNIZING THE ``CODE ADAM'' CHILD SAFETY 
     PROGRAM, COMMENDING RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE 
  IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ABDUCTION, AND URGING 
 RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED SUCH PROGRAM 
                          TO CONSIDER DOING SO

  Mrs. CLINTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                              S. Res. 332

       Whereas protecting children is one of society's greatest 
     responsibilities;
       Whereas child abduction, an unconscionable and horrendous 
     crime, seems to be increasing in frequency;
       Whereas parents, and all other adults, must be ever 
     vigilant in public places to protect children, who by their 
     very nature are trusting and unsuspecting, from those 
     depraved and vile individuals who would prey on them;
       Whereas recognizing the risk of child abduction, some 
     retail business establishments have developed safety 
     procedures and programs designed to prevent abductors from 
     using crowds of shoppers as cover for nefarious acts;
       Whereas one of the most successful programs to prevent 
     child abduction is the ``Code Adam'' alarm developed and 
     implemented by Wal-Mart stores and SAM'S Clubs throughout the 
     Nation; and
       Whereas named in tribute to 6-year-old Adam Walsh who was 
     abducted from a shopping mall in the State of Florida and 
     murdered in 1981, the ``Code Adam'' alarm signals that there 
     is a missing child and alerts all sales personnel in the 
     affected retail business establishment to abandon their 
     normal responsibilities and, in a coordinated and prearranged 
     organized manner, to begin searching for the child and 
     monitoring the establishment exits to ensure that the child 
     is not removed from the establishment: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the ``Code Adam'' 
     child safety program, commends all retail business 
     establishments that have implemented such program to protect 
     children from abduction, and urges retail business 
     establishments that have not implemented such program to 
     consider doing so.

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