IA
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. VAL-
ENTINE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WATT, Ms. ROYBAL-
ALLARD, 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. REYN-
OLDS, 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. CLEM-
ENT, Mr. OLVER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. OBEY, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr. BARLOW, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. BISH-
OP, 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 Geor-
gia, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. HEFNER,
Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, 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 Ten-
nessee, 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. GEJDEN-
SON, 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. KAP-
TUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KLINK,
Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Cali-
fornia, 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. RO-
MERO-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
MAY 3, 1994
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service discharged; considered and passed
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;
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Whereas every day in the United States, 3 children are killed
by child abuse, 9 children are murdered, 13 children are
killed by guns, 30 children are wounded by guns, 307
children are arrested for crimes of violence, 7,945 chil-
dren are reported abused or neglected, and 5,703 teen-
agers 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 ran-
dom acts of violence committed against every 1,000 per-
sons 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 anti-
Semitic incidents, the total number of white-supremacist
groups rose 27 percent above the number from the pre-
vious 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 mur-
dered;
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Whereas the United States strongly opposes random acts of
violence, and all forms of intolerance and mean-spirited-
ness based on ethnicity, religion, race, gender, or sexual
orientation;
Whereas the people of the United States should be encour-
aged 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
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the week beginning February 12, 1995, is designated
as ‘‘National Random Acts of Kindness Week’’, and the
President is authorized and requested to issue a proclama-
tion calling on the people of the United States to observe
the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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