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 104 STAT. 5182 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 25, 1990 "(B) not less than $300,000 to carry out subsection (a).". SEC. 2. After section 122 of the bill, add the following new section: "SEC. 12.3. EXTENDED HEAD START SERVICES. "(a) DEFINITIONS.— Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832), is amended by adding at the end the following: " '(10) the "full calendar year" means all days of the year other than Saturday, Sunday, and a legal public holiday. " '(11) the term "full-working-day" means not less than 10 hours per day.'. "(b) EXTENDED HEAD START SERVICES.— Section 640 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended by adding at the end the following: " '(h) Each Head Start program may provide full-working-day Head Start Services to any eligible child throughout the full calendar year.' ". Agreed to October 20, 1990. Oct. 25, 1990 SPOUSE ABUSE—STATUTORY PRESUMPTION IN [H. Con. Res. 172] CHILD CUSTODY LITIGATION Whereas State courts have often failed to recognize the detrimental effects of having as a custodial parent an individual who physically abuses his or her spouse, insofar as the courts do not hear or weigh evidence of domestic violence in child custody litigation; Whereas there is an alarming bias against battered spouses in contemporary child custody trends such as joint custody and mandatory mediation; Whereas joint custody guarantees the batterer continued access and control over the battered spouse's life through their children; Whereas joint custody forced upon hostile parents can create a dangerous psychological environment for a child; Whereas a batterer's violence toward an estranged spouse often escalates during or after a divorce, placing both the abused spouse and children at risk through shared custody arrangements and unsupervised visitation; Whereas physical abuse of a spouse is relevant to child abuse in child custody disputes; Whereas the effects of physical abuse of a spouse on children include actual and potential emotional and physical harm, the negative effects of exposure to an inappropriate role model, and the potential for future harm where contact with the batterer continues; Whereas children are emotionally traumatized by witnessing physical abuse of a parent; Whereas children often become targets of physical abuse themselves or are injured when they attempt to intervene on behalf of a parent; Whereas even children who do not directly witness spousal abuse are affected by the climate of violence in their homes and experience shock, fear, guilt, long lasting impairment of self-esteem, and impairment of developmental and socialization skills; Whereas research into the intergenerational aspects of domestic

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