    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 17 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
    [Pages 507-508]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 8130--National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2007

     April 20, 2007

     By the President of the United States

     of America

     A Proclamation

        National Crime Victims' Rights Week is an opportunity to underscore
    our commitment to protecting the rights of crime victims and to
    recognize those who bring hope and healing to these individuals and
    their families. During this week, we especially remember and mourn the
    victims of the senseless acts of violence at Virginia Tech. A grieving
    Nation honors the innocent lives lost in this tragedy, and we pray for
    the families of the victims.
        My Administration is committed to helping safeguard our communities
    and to ensuring that the rights of those who have been victimized by
    crime are protected. My Family Justice Center Initiative, announced in
    2003, is now providing assistance and services for victims of domestic
    violence at centers nationwide. Additionally, last year I signed into
    law the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which helps
    protect our youth by increasing the penalties for crimes against
    children and creating a National Child Abuse Registry. My Administration
    also supports a Crime Victims' Rights Amendment to the Constitution to
    further protect the basic rights of crime victims.
        During National Crime Victims' Rights Week and throughout the year,
    we remember and are grateful to our Nation's victim service providers,
    volunteers, law enforcement, and community organizations that support
    victims of crime through their commitment and compassion. To find out
    more information about victims' rights and volunteer opportunities,
    individuals may visit www.crimevictims.gov. Together, we can

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    help ensure that crime victims have the rights and protections they
    deserve.
        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 April 22 through April 28,
    2007, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. I encourage all Americans
    to help raise awareness and promote the cause of victims' rights in
    their communities.
        In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day
    of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
    first.
                                                    George W. Bush

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:52 a.m., April 24,
    2007]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on April
    25. This item was not received in time for publication in the
    appropriate issue.