PRINTER'S NO. 3540
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
932
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, NEILSON, TOOHIL, CHARLTON, READSHAW,
SONNEY, DUSH, HENNESSEY, ROTHMAN, MILLARD, MACKENZIE,
SCHLOSSBERG, KAVULICH, SCHLEGEL CULVER, R. BROWN, JAMES,
RYAN, DiGIROLAMO, DAVIS, MURT, V. BROWN, LONGIETTI, KINSEY,
YOUNGBLOOD, STAATS, CONKLIN, JOZWIAK, EVERETT, BURNS,
MARSICO, B. MILLER, WATSON, HILL-EVANS, DRISCOLL, STURLA,
CALTAGIRONE, McCLINTON, BIZZARRO, GILLEN, WHEELAND, M. QUINN
AND HEFFLEY, MAY 18, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 18, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing May 25, 2018, as "National Missing Children's Day"
in Pennsylvania and urging participation in child protection.
WHEREAS, Between 1979 and 1981, a series of high-profile
missing children cases and 29 murders of children and young
adults in Atlanta, Georgia, brought attention to the lack of
coordinated efforts among Federal, state and local law
enforcement to search for missing children; and
WHEREAS, In 1982, the Missing Children Act (Public Law 97-
292, 96 Stat. 1259) was enacted, allowing information on missing
children to be entered into the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's National Crime Information Center; and
WHEREAS, In 1984, the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children (NCMEC) was created; and
WHEREAS, NCMEC partners with the United States Department of
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