PRINTER'S NO. 439
No. 34 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARD, BEBKO-
JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CAPPELLI, CIVERA, CLARK, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN,
COLAFELLA, COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CRUZ, CURRY, DALLY,
DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST,
GEORGE, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS, LUCYK, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, METCALFE,
MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, ORIE, PHILLIPS, PIPPY,
PRESTON, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROONEY, ROSS, SAINATO, SAMUELSON,
SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI,
SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, SURRA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, WALKO, WATSON,
C. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG, PISTELLA,
HESS AND WILT, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 5, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of February 11 through 17, 2001, as "Child
2 Passenger Safety Week."
3 WHEREAS, More children in the United States are killed and
4 crippled in car crashes than any other cause of injury; and
5 WHEREAS, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death
6 for children from five to 15 years of age; and
7 WHEREAS, Every day an average of seven children from zero to
8 14 years of age are killed and another 866 are injured in motor
9 vehicle crashes; and
10 WHEREAS, According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
1 Administration (NHTSA), child safety seats, when correctly used,
2 can reduce fatalities and are one of the most effective safety
3 innovations ever developed; and
4 WHEREAS, Child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury
5 by 71% for infants and by 54% for toddlers in passenger cars;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
8 and the United States Territories have enacted laws requiring
9 the use of child passenger protection systems; and
10 WHEREAS, Many child passenger safety seats are misused in
11 some way and correct placement and harnessing are critical to
12 ensure adequate protection; and
13 WHEREAS, Children in rear-facing child seats should not be
14 placed in the front seat of vehicles with passenger air bags as
15 the impact of a deploying air bag on a rear-facing child seat
16 could injure the child; and
17 WHEREAS, Children 12 years of age and younger should ride in
18 the back seat; and
19 WHEREAS, Death and injury may be significantly reduced
20 through greater public awareness, information, education and
21 enforcement of child passenger safety seat laws; therefore be it
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, in recognition
23 of every child's right to adequate protection when being
24 transported in a motor vehicle, declare the week of February 11
25 through 17, 2001, as "Child Passenger Safety Week."
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