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House Calendar No. 199
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 437
[Report No. 107–606]
Requesting that the President focus appropriate attention on neighborhood
crime prevention and community policing, and coordinate certain Federal
efforts to participate in ‘‘National Night Out’’, including by supporting
local efforts and neighborhood watches and by supporting local officials
to provide homeland security, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2002
Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. LU-
THER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. QUINN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.
SMITH of Washington, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. FARR of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. MCGOVERN,
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. KING, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. WU, Mr.
WEINER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KNOLLENBERG,
Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. GORDON, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. PETRI, Mr. DIAZ-
BALART, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. FORD, Mr. SABO, Mr.
OXLEY, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.
MCINTYRE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. STRICK-
LAND, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr.
MORAN of Virginia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM,
Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. FROST, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DINGELL,
Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. JOHN, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. MALONEY of Con-
necticut, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) submitted the following resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 23, 2002
Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCHUGH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KUCINICH,
Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HOLT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. VISCLOSKY,
Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. DEUTSCH, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. KAP-
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TUR, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr.
FORBES, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. PETERSON of Min-
nesota, and Mr. SMITH of Texas
JULY 23, 2002
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Requesting that the President focus appropriate attention
on neighborhood crime prevention and community polic-
ing, and coordinate certain Federal efforts to participate
in ‘‘National Night Out’’, including by supporting local
efforts and neighborhood watches and by supporting local
officials to provide homeland security, and for other pur-
poses.
Whereas neighborhood crime is of continuing concern to the
American people;
Whereas the fight against neighborhood crime requires people
to work together in cooperation with law enforcement
personnel;
Whereas neighborhood crime watch organizations effectively
promote awareness about, and the participation of volun-
teers in, crime prevention activities at the local level;
Whereas neighborhood crime watch groups can contribute to
the Nation’s war on drugs by helping to prevent commu-
nities from becoming markets for drug dealers;
Whereas neighborhood crime watch programs play an integral
role in combating domestic terrorism by increasing vigi-
lance and awareness and encouraging citizen participa-
tion in community safety and homeland security;
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Whereas crime and violence in schools are of continuing con-
cern to the American people due to the recent high-pro-
file incidents that have resulted in fatalities at several
schools across the United States;
Whereas community-based programs involving law enforce-
ment, school administrators, teachers, parents, and local
communities work effectively to reduce school violence
and crime;
Whereas citizens across the United States will soon take part
in ‘‘National Night Out’’, a unique crime prevention
event which will demonstrate the importance and effec-
tiveness of community participation in crime prevention
efforts by having people spend the period from 7 to 10
o’clock p.m. on August 6, 2002, with their neighbors in
front of their homes with their lights on; and
Whereas schools that turn their lights on from 7 to 10
o’clock p.m. on August 6, 2002, will send a positive mes-
sage to the participants of ‘‘National Night Out’’ and
show their commitment to reduce crime and violence in
schools: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National
Night Out’’; and
(2) requests that the President—
(A) issue a proclamation calling on the
people of the United States to conduct appro-
priate ceremonies, activities, and programs to
demonstrate support for ‘‘National Night Out’’;
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(B) focus appropriate attention on neigh-
borhood crime prevention, community policing,
and reduction of school crime by delivering
speeches, convening meetings, and directing his
administration to make crime reduction an im-
portant priority; and
(C) coordinate the efforts of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, the USA
Freedom Corps, the Citizen Corps, the National
Senior Service Corps, and AmeriCorps to par-
ticipate in ‘‘National Night Out’’ by supporting
local efforts and neighborhood watches and by
supporting local officials, including law enforce-
ment personnel, to provide homeland security
and combat terrorism in the United States.
House Calendar No. 199
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 437
[Report No. 107–606]
RESOLUTION
Requesting that the President focus appropriate at-
tention on neighborhood crime prevention and
community policing, and coordinate certain Fed-
eral efforts to participate in ‘‘National Night
Out’’, including by supporting local efforts and
neighborhood watches and by supporting local of-
ficials to provide homeland security, and for
other purposes.
JULY 23, 2002
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed