[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     SUPPORT SAFE PARKS ACT OF 1999

  (Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce an 
important bill, the Safe Parks Act of 1999.
  Mr. Speaker, our national parks are not as safe as we would expect 
them to be. In 1997, there were over 550 reported sex offenses in our 
national parks. Even more disturbing, 1997 saw 33 forceful rapes and 11 
attempted rapes in those same national parks. That is a rape or 
attempted rape about every 8 days on Federal lands that are supposed to 
be safe havens for our families.
  That is why I am introducing the Safe Parks Act today. It is a simple 
bill, barring any convicted sex offender from entering our U.S. parks.
  Mr. Speaker, in honor of National Missing Children's Day, please join 
me in supporting this measure to help defend the sanctity of our 
Federal parks for our kids.

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