PRINTER'S NO. 1436
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
319
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, COHEN, BAKER, GIBBONS, TOEPEL, YOUNGBLOOD,
MUSTIO, KIRKLAND, DONATUCCI, LONGIETTI, DiGIROLAMO, DAVIS,
BARRAR, DUSH, SONNEY, VEREB, V. BROWN, MACKENZIE, KINSEY,
FARINA, DAVIDSON, READSHAW, MURT, MILLARD, BROWNLEE,
SCHWEYER, D. COSTA, HARHART, PASHINSKI, THOMAS, BIZZARRO,
KOTIK, McNEILL, ROSS, HARHAI, A. HARRIS, MARSICO, MAJOR,
O'NEILL, CALTAGIRONE, MAHONEY, GOODMAN, FEE, WATSON, PAYNE,
HEFFLEY, OBERLANDER, GROVE, PICKETT AND MILNE, MAY 5, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 5, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing May 25, 2015, 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 and 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 (NCIC); and
WHEREAS, In 1984, the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children was created; and
WHEREAS, The center partners with the Department of Justice
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to help law enforcement find missing children, eliminate child
sexual exploitation and prevent child victimization; and
WHEREAS, According to the center, approximately 800,000
children are reported missing each year; and
WHEREAS, Of these cases of missing children, more than
200,000 are victims of family abductions, and an estimated
58,000 are victims of nonfamily abductions; and
WHEREAS, Annually, an estimated 115 children are victims of
kidnappings in which the perpetrator is a stranger or slight
acquaintance and which involve a child being placed in grave
danger; and
WHEREAS, The center has assisted law enforcement in the
recovery of 193,705 missing children since being founded in
1984; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize May 25,
2015, as "National Missing Children's Day" in Pennsylvania and
urge local governments, communities and law enforcement
throughout this Commonwealth to participate in the protection of
children and to educate children about child abduction and
sexual exploitation and how to respond and seek help.
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