    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    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.

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