PRINTER'S NO. 3730
No. 747 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, ARGALL, BAKER, BEYER, BISHOP, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KOTIK, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, CONKLIN, SCAVELLO, D. O'BRIEN AND DiGIROLAMO, MAY 12, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 12, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Recognizing May 25, 2008, as "National Missing Children's Day" 2 in Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, Between 1979 and 1981, a series of high-profile 4 missing children cases became national headlines; and 5 WHEREAS, Three such cases contributed to the shock of the 6 nation's consciousness, bringing attention to the seriousness of 7 child victimization and forever changing the response by law 8 enforcement agencies to reports of missing children; and 9 WHEREAS, The massive search and media attention that followed 10 the disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 focused the nation's 11 attention on the problem of child abduction and lack of plans to 12 address it; and
1 WHEREAS, From 1979 through 1981, national media attention was 2 focused on Atlanta, Georgia, where 29 bodies of young boys and 3 girls were discovered in lakes, marshes and ponds along roadside 4 trails; and 5 WHEREAS, On July 27, 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh disappeared 6 from a Florida shopping mall; and 7 WHEREAS, The tragedies of these children and others exposed a 8 fundamental flaw; and 9 WHEREAS, There was no coordinated effort among Federal, state 10 and local law enforcement, no national response system in place 11 and no central resource to help searching families; and 12 WHEREAS, The momentum that began with the disappearance of 13 Etan, Adam and the 29 missing and murdered children of Atlanta, 14 Georgia, led to photographs of missing children on milk cartons 15 and, ultimately, a nationwide movement; and 16 WHEREAS, In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25 17 as "National Missing Children's Day"; and 18 WHEREAS, "National Missing Children's Day" is a reminder to 19 all parents and guardians of the need for high-quality 20 photographs of their children for use in case of an emergency 21 and for the need for everyone to pay close attention to the 22 posters and photographs of missing children; therefore be it 23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize May 25, 24 2008, as "National Missing Children's Day" in Pennsylvania. E1L82JS/20080H0747R3730 - 2 -