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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 230 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 215 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 230
Designating the month of July 2007 as "National Teen Safe Driver Month".
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 11, 2007
Mr. Isakson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
June 21, 2007
Reported by Mr. Leahy, without amendment
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RESOLUTION
Designating the month of July 2007 as "National Teen Safe Driver Month".
Whereas automobile accidents involving teenage drivers result in the highest cause of death and injury for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 20 years; Whereas, each year, 7,460 teenage drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 years are involved in fatal crashes, and 1,700,000 teenage drivers are involved in accidents that are reported to law enforcement officers; Whereas driver education and training resources have diminished in communities throughout the United States, leaving families underserved and lacking in opportunities for educating the teenage drivers of those families; Whereas, in addition to costs relating to the long-term care of teenage drivers severely injured in automobile accidents, automobile accidents involving teenage drivers cost the United States more than $40,000,000,000 in lost productivity and other forms of economic loss; Whereas technology advances have increased the opportunity of the United States to provide more effective training and research to novice teenage drivers; and Whereas the families of victims of accidents involving teenage drivers are working together to save the lives of other teenage drivers through volunteer efforts in local communities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) designates the month of July 2007 as "National Teen Safe Driver Month"; and (2) calls upon the members of Federal, State, and local governments and interested organizations-- (A) to commemorate National Teen Safe Driver Month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs; and (B) to encourage the development of resources to provide affordable, accessible, and effective driver training for every teenage driver of the United States.
Calendar No. 215
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 230
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RESOLUTION
Designating the month of July 2007 as "National Teen Safe Driver Month".
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June 21, 2007
Reported without amendment