H.J.Res.79
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                            Joint Resolution

  
 
  To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the 
week beginning on November 21, 1993, and November 20, 1994, as 
``National Family Week''.

Whereas the family is the basic strength of any free and orderly 
  society;
Whereas it is appropriate to honor the family as a unit essential to the 
  continued well-being of the United States; and
Whereas it is fitting that official recognition be given to the 
  importance of family loyalties and ties: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the week 
beginning on November 21, 1993, and November 20, 1994 as ``National 
Family Week''.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.