[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 61603-61604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27338]



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Proclamation 7725--Protection from Pornography Week, 2003



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                Proclamation 7725 of October 24, 2003

                
Protection from Pornography Week, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Pornography can have debilitating effects on 
                communities, marriages, families, and children. During 
                Protection From Pornography Week, we commit to take 
                steps to confront the dangers of pornography.

                The effects of pornography are particularly pernicious 
                with respect to children. The recent enactment of the 
                PROTECT Act of 2003 strengthens child pornography laws, 
                establishes the Federal Government's role in the AMBER 
                Alert System, increases punishment for Federal crimes 
                against children, and authorizes judges to require 
                extended supervision of sex offenders who are released 
                from prison.

                We have committed significant resources to the 
                Department of Justice to intensify investigative and 
                prosecutorial efforts to combat obscenity, child 
                pornography, and child sexual exploitation on the 
                Internet. We are vigorously prosecuting and severely 
                punishing those who would harm our children. Last July, 
                the Department of Homeland Security launched Operation 
                Predator, an initiative to help identify child 
                predators, rescue children depicted in child 
                pornography, and prosecute those responsible for making 
                and distributing child pornography.

                Last year, I signed legislation creating the Dot Kids 
                domain, a child-friendly zone on the Internet. The 
                sites on this domain are monitored for content and 
                safety, offering parents assurances that their children 
                are learning in a healthy environment. Working together 
                with law enforcement officials, parents, and other 
                caregivers, we are making progress in protecting our 
                children from pornography.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim October 26 through November 
                1, 2003, as Protection From Pornography Week. I call 
                upon public officials, law enforcement officers, 
                parents, and all the people of the United States to 
                observe this week with appropriate programs and 
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand three, and of the

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                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-eighth.

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