[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.