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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 357

Designating the week beginning February 12, 1995, as ‘‘National Random

Acts of Kindness Week’’.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 19, 1994

Mr. TUCKER (for himself, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. THOMAS of California, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WATT, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. DIXON, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr.

MURPHY, Mr. MURTHA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. HUTTO, Mr.

CONYERS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.

MARTINEZ, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. TEJEDA, Ms.

BROWN of Florida, Mrs. BYRNE, Mr. MFUME, Mr. STARK, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WHEAT, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

SAWYER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HAMBURG, Mr.

RANGEL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HERGER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.

FAZIO, Mr. SABO, Mr. WOLF, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. BROWDER, Miss

COLLINS of Michigan, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr.

FORD of Michigan, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TOWNS,

Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms.

FURSE, Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. ROSE, Mr.

MORAN, Mr. FARR of California, Ms. DANNER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. OLVER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. OBEY, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.

BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr. BARLOW, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MANN, Mrs. THURMAN, Ms.

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. DEAL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

INSLEE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.

KLEIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms.

DELAURO, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mrs. MINK, Mr. WISE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. HEFNER,

Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FROST, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. SYNAR, Mr. JACOBS, Mr.

BONIOR, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. COYNE, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr.

PICKETT, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mrs. FOWLER, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. ESHOO,
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Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. FORD of Tennessee, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. POMEROY, Mrs. MORELLA,

Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr.

BAESLER, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mrs.

BENTLEY, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr.

BROWN of California, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CARR of Michigan, Mr.

COBLE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DARDEN, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr.

DELLUMS, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOOLITTLE,

Mr. DORNAN, Mr. DREIER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. EMERSON,

Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana, Mr.

FINGERHUT, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON, Mr.

GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HORN,

Mr. HYDE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KLINK,

Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mrs. LLOYD, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs.

MEEK, Mr. MINETA, Mr. MOAKLEY, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr.

NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Mr. OBERSTAR,

Mr. PARKER, Mr. PAXON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PICKLE, Mr.

POMBO, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr.

RAVENEL, Mr. REED, Mr. REGULA, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. SHARP, Mr. SMITH of Iowa, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr.

SISISKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNDQUIST,

Mr. SWETT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. THOMAS

of Wyoming, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. TORRES, Mr. VENTO, Mr. VOLKMER,

Mr. WELDON, Mr. WHITTEN, Mr. WILSON, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG

of Florida) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

JOINT RESOLUTION

Designating the week beginning February 12, 1995, as

‘‘National Random Acts of Kindness Week’’.

Whereas the incidence of random acts of violence in the

United States has reached epidemic levels;

Whereas the Surgeon General of the United States estimates

that, every day in the United States, 135,000 children

carry guns to school;

Whereas every day in the United States, 3 children are killed

by child abuse, 9 children are murdered, 13 children are
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killed by guns, 30 children are wounded by guns, 307

children are arrested for crimes of violence, 7,945 children are reported abused or neglected, and 5,703 teenagers are victims of violent crime;

Whereas every 4 hours a child in the United States commits

suicide;

Whereas in the United States, a rape is committed every 6

minutes, and every year between 3,000,000 and

4,000,000 women are battered by their partners and

more than 200,000 women are stalked;

Whereas every year in the United States, there are 4.7 random acts of violence committed against every 1,000 persons 65 years of age or older;

Whereas every year in the United States, there are 758.1

random acts of violence for every 100,000 persons in the

United States, and 235 firearm-related acts of violence

for every 100,000 persons in the United States;

Whereas there are 238,000,000 handguns in the United

States;

Whereas in 1992 in the United States, there were 1,730 antiSemitic incidents, the total number of white-supremacist

groups rose 27 percent above the number from the previous year, and a record number of bias-related incidents,

including 31 murders, were reported;

Whereas hate crimes against Asians comprised 8.9 percent of

all hate crimes documented in Los Angeles County in

1990; every 4 hours an African American child is murdered;

Whereas the United States strongly opposes random acts of

violence, and all forms of intolerance and mean-spirited-
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ness based on ethnicity, religion, race, gender, or sexual

orientation;

Whereas the people of the United States should be encouraged to practice random acts of kindness, in the spirit of

compassion, kindness, and goodwill toward all persons;

and

Whereas February 14 is annually celebrated as Valentine’s

Day: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the week beginning February 12, 1995, is designated

4 as ‘‘National Random Acts of Kindness Week’’, and the

5 President is authorized and requested to issue a proclama6 tion calling on the people of the United States to observe

7 the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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