Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2011, as Rose Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Day, and for other purposes.

Expresses support for the designation of Rose Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Day.

Pays tribute to the accomplishments of the Rose Brucia Educational Foundation and its Stranger Safety Awareness Program in educating children to reduce the number of child abductions.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 302 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 302

  Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2011, as Rose 
     Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Day, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2011

   Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Israel) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2011, as Rose 
     Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Day, and for other purposes.

Whereas an estimated 800,000 children in the United States are reported missing 
        each year;
Whereas more than 2,000 children in the United States are reported missing each 
        day;
Whereas each year children of all ages are abducted by family members and 
        nonfamily members, run away or are thrown away, or become lost or 
        injured;
Whereas although great progress has been made in recent decades to better train 
        law enforcement and make parents and children more alert, thousands of 
        abductions still occur each year;
Whereas organizations like The Rose Brucia Educational Foundation (Foundation) 
        are working to reduce the number of child abductions in the United 
        States by educating and empowering young minds with the knowledge 
        necessary to avoid abduction;
Whereas the Foundation was founded by Matthew J. Barbis when his 11-year-old 
        cousin, Carlie Brucia, was abducted and murdered in Sarasota, Florida, 
        in 2004;
Whereas utilizing puppets and simple self-defense awareness techniques, the 
        Foundation provides elementary schools with content, lesson plans, and 
        curricula for its Stranger Safety Awareness Program free of charge; and
Whereas the Foundation is sponsoring August 22, 2011, as Rose Brucia Stranger 
        Safety Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of Rose Brucia Stranger Safety 
        Awareness Day; and
            (2) pays tribute to the accomplishments of The Rose Brucia 
        Educational Foundation and its Stranger Safety Awareness 
        Program in educating children in order to reduce the number of 
        child abductions in the United States.
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