[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20794-20795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING SPIRIT OF JACOB MOCK DOUB AND EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS 
THAT ``NATIONAL TAKE A KID MOUNTAIN BIKING DAY'' SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED 
                       IN JACOB MOCK DOUB'S HONOR

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
agree to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 480) recognizing the 
spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his contribution to encouraging youth to 
be physically active and fit and expressing the sense of Congress that 
``National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day'' should be established in 
Jacob Mock Doub's honor.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 480

       Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, obesity rates have nearly tripled in adolescents 
     in the United States since 1980;
       Whereas overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of 
     becoming overweight or obese adults;
       Whereas research conducted by the National Institutes of 
     Health indicates that while genetics do play a role in 
     childhood obesity, the large increase in childhood obesity 
     rates over the past few decades can be traced to overeating 
     and lack of sufficient exercise;
       Whereas the Surgeon General and the President's Council on 
     Physical Fitness and Sports recommend regular physical 
     activity, including bicycling, for the prevention of 
     overweight and obesity;
       Whereas Jacob Mock ``Jack'' Doub, born July 11, 1985, was 
     actively involved in encouraging others, especially children, 
     to ride bicycles;
       Whereas Jack Doub, an active youth with an avid interest in 
     the outdoors, was introduced to mountain biking at the age of 
     11 near Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and quickly 
     became a talented cyclist;
       Whereas Jack Doub won almost every cross-country race he 
     entered for two years, and between the ages of 14 and 17 
     became a top national-level downhill and slalom competitor;
       Whereas Jack Doub placed second in junior expert dual 
     slalom at the 2002 National Off Road Bicycling Association's 
     National Championship Series at Snowshoe Mountain;
       Whereas Jack Doub died unexpectedly from complications 
     related to a bicycling injury on October 21, 2002;
       Whereas Jack Doub's family and friends have joined, in 
     association with the International Mountain Bicycling 
     Association, to honor Jack Doub's spirit and love of 
     bicycling by establishing the Jack Doub Memorial Fund to 
     promote and encourage children of all ages to learn to ride 
     and lead a physically active lifestyle;
       Whereas the International Mountain Bicycling Association's 
     worldwide network includes 32,000 individual members, more 
     than 450 bicycle clubs, 140 corporate partners, and 240 
     bicycle retailer members who coordinate more than 1,000,000 
     volunteer trailwork hours each year and have built more than 
     5,000 miles of new trails; and
       Whereas the International Mountain Bicycling Association 
     has encouraged low-impact riding and volunteer trailwork 
     participation since 1988: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) recognizes the health risks associated with childhood 
     obesity;
       (2) recognizes the spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his 
     contribution to encouraging youth of all ages to be 
     physically active and fit, especially through bicycling;
       (3) expresses its sense that ``National Take a Kid Mountain 
     Biking Day'' should be established in honor of Jacob Mock 
     Doub; and
       (4) encourages parents, schools, civic organizations, and 
     students to promote increased physical activity among youth 
     in the United States.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Barton) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) each will 
control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton).


                             General Leave

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend 
their remarks and include extraneous material on H. Con. Res. 480.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to support H. Con. Res. 480, authored by my 
good friend, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), to recognize 
the spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his contribution to encouraging youth 
to be physically active and fit.
  Jacob Doub, a resident of North Carolina, died unexpectedly from 
complications related to a bicycling injury 2 years ago. His spirit, 
however, lives on as his family and friends have recently joined with 
the International Mountain Bicycling Association to establish the Jack 
Doub Memorial Fund to promote and encourage children of all ages to 
learn to ride a bike and to lead a physically active lifestyle.
  I understand that Jack's vivacious attitude toward mountain biking 
was irrepressible. His energy and drive to be a great mountain biker is 
an inspiration to all of us. With obesity rates on the rise, we all 
need to take personal responsibility and do more to increase physical 
activity to improve our health.
  Madam Speaker, I would urge my colleagues to adopt this resolution.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman 
from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), the sponsor of the resolution.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, I must correct the record. I am not a 
sponsor of the bill. It was introduced by the gentleman from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), 
though; but I do celebrate the spirit in which it is offered to 
recognize the contributions in terms of memorializing the notion of 
making sure our youth are physically fit and active and expressing the 
sense of Congress that National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day should 
be established in Mr. Doub's honor.

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  I think it is important for us to move in this direction in part to 
take someone who loved the spirit, the challenge, the physical activity 
of cycling and to translate that to promote and encourage children of 
all ages to learn to ride and lead a physically active lifestyle.
  This is serious business. The committee has been working throughout 
this session of Congress, focusing on the needs of fitness for our 
youth. The notion of childhood obesity, the rates have nearly tripled 
in adolescents in the United States since 1980, and we know the 
research indicates that overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance 
of becoming overweight or obese as adults and the range of physical 
problems that are associated with it.
  That is why the Surgeon General and the President's Council on 
Physical Fitness and Sports recommend regular physical activity, 
including bicycling, for the prevention of overweight and obesity, as 
well as general health promotion.
  Mountain biking is a growing activity around the United States. In my 
State of Oregon, over 400,000 people participated in mountain biking 
last year. Bike Magazine identified the area around Hood River, Oregon, 
just to the east of my district, as some of the finest singletrack in 
the mountain bike universe, lying within an 80-mile radius of Hood 
River, incorporating all of the area that I represent.
  It is important not just to fitness and recreation. It is also 
important to the economy.
  Overall, bicycling and mountain bike tourism is important to local 
and State economies. We are finding across the country cycling 
activities are gathering tourists for organized rides, for touring and 
for mountain biking. In our State, tourism is a $6.1 billion industry, 
and we are watching as bicycling is becoming an ever-increasing part of 
that effort, programs like Cycle Oregon that bring together 2,000 
people from around the country every year.
  It also is the source of a growing industry just in terms of cycle 
manufacturing and sales. There are thousands of small businesses across 
America that are part of the bicycling industry and specifically 
mountain biking. We just found this last year in Oregon the Chris King 
Precision Components relocated from California to Oregon because of the 
local support for mountain biking.

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  And they join one of dozens of companies that are a part of that 
effort, creating a critical mass in terms of the component, 
manufacturing, sales and service.
  For all of these reasons, in terms of celebrating the spirit of 
mountain biking, the importance of promoting fitness, particularly 
among our youth, because it is so important in areas like tourism and 
small businesses, I rise in support of this resolution and urge my 
colleagues not just to support it, but find ways that they can 
translate this back home to their communities to make a difference.
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for 
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume to urge all my colleagues to support this. This is a good piece 
of legislation. It recognizes an individual in the district of the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), who died in a bicycling 
accident. It also recognizes a very helpful activity.
  I have a mountain bike, although in Texas you would have to call it 
more of a prairie bike or a hill bike; but this is a good thing, and I 
hope we can pass it unanimously.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Biggert). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) that the House suspend 
the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 480.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the concurrent resolution was 
agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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