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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7725 of October 24, 2003


                Protection from Pornography Week, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Pornography can have debilitating effects on
                communities, marriages, families, and children. During
                Protection From Pornography Week, we commit to take
                steps to confront the dangers of pornography.

                The effects of pornography are particularly pernicious
                with respect to children. The recent enactment of the
                PROTECT Act of 2003 strengthens child pornography laws,
                establishes the Federal Government's role in the AMBER
                Alert System, increases punishment for Federal crimes
                against children, and authorizes judges to require
                extended supervision of sex offenders who are released
                from prison.

                We have committed significant resources to the
                Department of Justice to intensify investigative and
                prosecutorial efforts to combat obscenity, child
                pornography, and child sexual exploitation on the
                Internet. We are vigorously prosecuting and severely
                punishing those who would harm our children. Last July,
                the Department of Homeland Security launched Operation
                Predator, an initiative to help identify child
                predators, rescue children depicted in child
                pornography, and prosecute those responsible for making
                and distributing child pornography.

                Last year, I signed legislation creating the Dot Kids
                domain, a child-friendly zone on the Internet. The
                sites on this domain are monitored for content and
                safety, offering parents assurances that their children
                are learning in a healthy environment. Working together
                with law enforcement officials, parents, and other
                caregivers, we are making progress in protecting our
                children from pornography.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
                States, do hereby proclaim October 26 through November
                1, 2003, as Protection From Pornography Week. I call
                upon public officials, law enforcement officers,
                parents, and all the people of the United States to
                observe this week with appropriate programs and
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
                twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord
                two thousand three, and of the

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                Independence of the United States of America the two
                hundred and twenty-eighth.

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[FR Doc. 03-27338
Filed 10-27-03; 11:24 am]

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