A resolution designating June 2006 as "National Internet Safety Month".

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 486 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 486

Designating June 2006 as ``National Internet Safety Month''.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 22, 2006

Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Craig, Mr. Stevens, Mr.
Vitter, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Burns, Mrs. Lincoln,
Mr. Warner, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. DeWine)
introduced the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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RESOLUTION

Designating June 2006 as ``National Internet Safety Month''.

Whereas, in the United States, more than 90 percent of children between the ages
of 5 years old and 17 years old, or approximately 47,000,000 children,
now use computers;
Whereas approximately 59 percent of children in that age group, or approximately
31,000,000 children, use the Internet;
Whereas approximately 26 percent of the children of the United States in grades
5 through 12 are online for more than 5 hours a week;
Whereas approximately 12 percent of those children spend more time online than
they spend interacting with their friends;
Whereas approximately 53 percent of the children and teens of the United States
like to be alone when ``surfing'' the Internet;
Whereas approximately 29 percent of those children believe that their parents
would express concern, restrict their Internet use, or take away their
computer if their parents knew which sites they visited while surfing on
the Internet;
Whereas approximately 32 percent of the students of the United States in grades
5 through 12 feel that they have the skills to bypass protections
offered by the installation of filtering software;
Whereas approximately 31 percent of the youths of the United States have visited
an inappropriate website on the Internet;
Whereas approximately 18 percent of those children have visited an inappropriate
website more than once;
Whereas approximately 51 percent of the students of the United States in grades
5 through 12 trust the individuals that they chat with on the Internet;
Whereas approximately 33 percent of the students of the United States in grades
5 through 12 have chatted on the Internet with an individual whom they
have not met in person;
Whereas approximately 11.5 percent of those students have later met with a
stranger with whom they chatted on the Internet;
Whereas approximately 39 percent of the youths of the United States in grades 5
through 12 have admitted to giving out their personal information,
including their name, age, and gender, over the Internet; and
Whereas approximately 14 percent of those youths have received mean or
threatening email while on the Internet: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates June 2006 as ``National Internet Safety
Month'';
(2) recognizes that National Internet Safety Month provides
the citizens of the United States with an opportunity to learn
more about--
(A) the dangers of the Internet; and
(B) the importance of being safe and responsible
online;
(3) commends and recognizes national and community
organizations for--
(A) promoting awareness of the dangers of the
Internet; and
(B) providing information and training that
develops critical thinking and decision-making skills
that are needed to use the Internet safely; and
(4) calls on Internet safety organizations, law
enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents, and
volunteers to increase their efforts to raise the level of
awareness for the need for online safety in the United States.
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