IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 268 
Supporting responsible fatherhood, promoting marriage, and encouraging 
greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially 
on Father’s Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2007 
Mr. MCINTYRE (for himself and Mr. PITTS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting responsible fatherhood, promoting marriage, and 
encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives 
of their children, especially on Father’s Day. 
Whereas married fathers are more likely to have a close, en-
during relationship with their children than unmarried 
fathers; 
Whereas, according to a 2005 study conducted by the Na-
tional Fatherhood Initiative, 97 percent of Americans 
agree with the statement that ‘‘fathers are as important 
as mothers for proper development of children’’; 
Whereas in a study of fathers’ interaction with their children 
in intact two-parent families, nearly 90 percent of the fa-
thers surveyed said that being a father is the most ful-
filling role a man can have; 
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•HRES 268 IH 
Whereas a broad array of the leading family and child devel-
opment experts in the United States agree that it is in 
the best interests of children and the United States as a 
whole to encourage more two-parent families where the 
father is actively involved with his children; 
Whereas promoting responsible fatherhood can help increase 
the chances that children will grow up with two caring 
parents; 
Whereas children with fathers at home tend to do better in 
school, to be less prone to emotional and behavioral prob-
lems, and to have more successful relationships; 
Whereas boys and girls alike demonstrate greater self-control 
and ability to take initiative when fathers are actively in-
volved in their upbringing; 
Whereas children who are apart from their biological fathers 
are, in comparison to other children, 5 times more likely 
to live in poverty, and more likely to bring weapons and 
drugs into the classroom, commit other crimes, drop out 
of school, commit suicide, abuse alcohol or drugs, become 
pregnant as teenagers, suffer child abuse, or exhibit other 
behavioral problems; 
Whereas the promotion of responsible fatherhood should not 
denigrate the standing or parenting efforts of single 
mothers, whose efforts are heroic, lessen the protection of 
children from abusive parents, cause women to remain in, 
or enter into, abusive relationships, or compromise the 
health or safety of a custodial parent; and 
Whereas Father’s Day is the third Sunday in June: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 268 IH 
(1) commends the millions of fathers who serve 
as wonderful, caring parents for their children; 
(2) calls on fathers across the United States to 
use Father’s Day to reconnect and rededicate them-
selves to their children’s lives, to spend Father’s Day 
with their children, and to express their love and 
support for their children; 
(3) urges men to understand the level of re-
sponsibility fathering a child requires, especially in 
the encouragement of the moral, academic, and spir-
itual development of children; and 
(4) encourages active involvement of fathers in 
the rearing and development of their children, in-
cluding the devotion of time, energy, and resources. 
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