[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