IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 491
Honoring individuals who are mentors and supporting efforts to recruit more 
mentors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2004
Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. KELLER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. JONES of 
Ohio, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 
TERRY, and Mr. KING of Iowa) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring individuals who are mentors and supporting efforts 
to recruit more mentors.
Whereas mentoring is a strategy for motivating and helping 
young people succeed in life by bringing them together in 
structured and trusting relationships with caring adults 
who provide guidance, support, and encouragement; 
Whereas mentoring offers a supportive environment in which 
young people can grow, expand their vision, learn nec-
essary skills, and achieve a future that they may never 
have thought possible; 
Whereas a growing body of research shows that mentoring 
benefits young people in numerous ways, including im-
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provements in school performance and attendance, self-
confidence, attitudes toward and relationships with 
adults, and motivation to reach their potential; 
Whereas mentoring is an adaptable, flexible approach that 
can be tailored to help children with academics, social 
support, career preparation, or leadership development; 
Whereas there is in this Nation a mentoring gap, consisting 
of over 15,000,000 young people who need mentors but 
do not have them; 
Whereas, in an effort to begin closing the mentoring gap, the 
House of Representatives on December 8, 2003, approved 
a measure to significantly increase Federal grant funding 
for local mentoring organizations to $100,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2004; 
Whereas the recipients of those grants and other mentoring 
programs all across the country rely principally on volun-
teer mentors and will need an influx of volunteers to 
meet the growing demand for mentoring; 
Whereas nonprofit groups and leading media companies have 
joined together to designate January 2004 as National 
Mentoring Month in an effort to recruit more mentors for 
young people; 
Whereas the monthlong celebration of mentoring will encour-
age more adults to volunteer their time as mentors for 
young people and will enlist the involvement of nonprofit 
organizations, schools, businesses, faith communities, and 
government agencies in the mentoring movement; and 
Whereas on January 9, 2004, President George W. Bush 
signed a proclamation designating January 2004 as Na-
tional Mentoring Month and called upon the people of the 
United States to recognize the importance of being role
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models for youth, to look for mentoring opportunities in 
their communities, and to celebrate this month with ap-
propriate ceremonies, activities, and programs: Now, 
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) praises those individuals who have already 
given their time to mentor a child; and 
(2) supports efforts to recruit more mentors in 
the United States.
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