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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY FALLON, HURLEY, WITT, HAMMITT BARRY, O'BRIEN,
1 3 COON, JOCHUM, LORD, HOLVECK, KREMER, BURNETT, HOUSER,
1 4 HARPER, JACOBS, NELSON of Marshall, VAN FOSSEN,
1 5 SHOULTZ, SUKUP, BODDICKER, SCHULTE, CONNORS, GARMAN,
1 6 BERNAU, BRAND, TYRRELL, MAIN, MASCHER, HUSEMAN,
1 7 KREIMAN, BRUNKHORST, WELTER, MERTZ, MAY, BOGGESS,
1 8 THOMSON, LARKIN, MUNDIE, NUTT, LARSON, DAGGETT,
1 9 OSTERHAUS, HEATON, GRUNDBERG, CARROLL, CHURCHILL,
1 10 NELSON of Pottawattamie, ERTL, VEENSTRA, BRANSTAD,
1 11 EDDIE, METCALF, LAMBERTI, HARRISON, DISNEY, MARTIN,
1 12 VANDE HOEF, BRAUNS, HANSON, RANTS, KLEMME, GRUBBS,
1 13 BLODGETT, and GRIES
1 14 A House Resolution relating to the adverse effects of
1 15 excessive television viewing and supporting National
1 16 TV - Turnoff Week.
1 17 WHEREAS, according to a 1996 A.C. Nielsen survey,
1 18 the average American watches more than four hours of
1 19 television each day; and
1 20 WHEREAS, upon graduation from high school, the
1 21 average American child will be estimated to have spent
1 22 more time watching television than in school, and by
1 23 age 65 Americans will be estimated to have spent nine
1 24 years of their life watching television; and
1 25 WHEREAS, television viewers are constantly exposed
1 26 to a barrage of messages which depict and glorify
1 27 violence, sexual license, materialism, family
1 28 alienation, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, racism,
1 29 and sexism; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the influence wielded by the television
2 1 industry and its advertisers has had a negative effect
2 2 on society in general and young people in particular;
2 3 and
2 4 WHEREAS, an increasing number of young people are
2 5 alienated from civilizing values and family
2 6 structures, resulting at least in part from the
2 7 interference of television viewing with reading,
2 8 family interaction, creative development, academic
2 9 growth, and physical fitness; and
2 10 WHEREAS, an estimated three million people in
2 11 25,000 schools and community groups across the country
2 12 will turn off their television sets in observance of
2 13 the second annual National TV - Turnoff Week, April
2 14 24-30, 1996; and
2 15 WHEREAS, National TV - Turnoff Week is sponsored by
2 16 TV-Free America, a nonprofit organization that
2 17 encourages Americans to reduce the amount of
2 18 television they watch in order to promote richer,
2 19 healthier, and more connected lives, families, and
2 20 communities; and
2 21 WHEREAS, many participants in the 1995 National TV
2 22 - Turnoff Week reported that their families continued
2 23 watching significantly less television than they had
2 24 previously watched long after the week had ended; and
2 25 WHEREAS, National TV - Turnoff Week is endorsed by
2 26 a number of national organizations, including the
2 27 American Medical Association, American Psychiatric
2 28 Association, National Association of Elementary School
2 29 Principals, National Coalition on Television Violence,
2 30 American Federation of Teachers, Congress of National
3 1 Black Churches, Natural Resources Defense Council,
3 2 Children's Defense Fund, Libraries for the Future,
3 3 National Association for the Education of Young
3 4 Children, American Academy of Family Physicians,
3 5 Council for Basic Education, Literacy Volunteers of
3 6 America, American Nurses Association, National
3 7 Association of School Psychologists, National
3 8 Association for Girls and Women in Sport, National
3 9 Religious Partnership for the Environment, Family
3 10 Research Council, National Association for Sport and
3 11 Physical Education, Association for Library Service to
3 12 Children, a Division of the American Library
3 13 Association, Student Environmental Action Coalition,
3 14 and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and
3 15 Sports; NOW THEREFORE,
3 16 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 17 That the House supports and encourages the observance
3 18 of National TV - Turnoff Week by the citizens of Iowa.
3 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 20 resolution be transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the
3 21 House of Representatives to the Department of
3 22 Education for distribution throughout the state
3 23 primary and secondary public and private school
3 24 systems, colleges and universities, and by the
3 25 Division of Library Services to state and municipal
3 26 libraries.
3 27 LSB 4456HH 76
3 28 rn/jj/8.2
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