PRINTER'S NO. 2992
No. 270 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, SATHER, MUNDY, HERMAN, READSHAW, BELARDI,
ROEBUCK, SCHULER, SANTONI, GORDNER, SCRIMENTI, FARMER, BAKER,
HERSHEY, LYNCH, PETTIT, ARGALL, NAILOR, KAISER, TRELLO,
McGEEHAN, DENT, HENNESSEY, GEIST, STURLA, SAYLOR, WALKO,
FARGO, MANDERINO, MARSICO, TIGUE, E. Z. TAYLOR, NYCE,
BATTISTO, HESS, STABACK, BEBKO-JONES, DeLUCA, ROHRER, PITTS,
CORPORA, MAITLAND, COY, BROWN, BOSCOLA, CORRIGAN, DONATUCCI,
LEH, SHANER, B. SMITH, HALUSKA, L. I. COHEN, ITKIN, WAUGH,
MILLER, REBER, BARD, MELIO, FICHTER, LAUGHLIN, BELFANTI AND
SCHRODER, JANUARY 31, 1996
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 31, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of February 11 through 17, 1996, as "Child
2 Passenger Safety Awareness Week."
3 WHEREAS, February 11 through 17, 1996, has been declared
4 "Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week"; and
5 WHEREAS, More children in the United States are killed and
6 crippled in car crashes than from any other cause of injury; and
7 WHEREAS, Research on the effectiveness of child safety seats
8 has found them to reduce fatal injury by 69% for infants less
9 than one year of age and by 47% for toddlers one to four years
10 of age; and
11 WHEREAS, Among children less than five years of age, an
12 estimated 308 lives were saved in 1994 by child restraint use.
13 Of these 308 lives saved, 250 were associated with the use of
1 child safety seats and 58 with the use of adult safety belts;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, If child safety seats were used by all children less
4 than five years of age, an estimated 532 lives would be saved
5 each year; and
6 WHEREAS, All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
7 and the United States Territories have enacted laws requiring
8 the use of child passenger protection systems; and
9 WHEREAS, Many child passenger safety seats are misused in
10 some way and correct placement and harnessing is critical to
11 ensure adequate protection; and
12 WHEREAS, Death and injury may be significantly reduced
13 through greater public awareness, information, education and
14 enforcement of child passenger safety seat laws; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, in recognition
16 of every child's right to adequate protection when being
17 transported in a motor vehicle, proclaim the week of February 11
18 through 17, 1996, as "Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week."
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