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Thursday, June 3, 2021 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 

Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

(AA and NHPI) individuals and communities are irrefutable sources of our 

Nation’s strength. These communities have molded the American experience, 

and the achievements of AA and NHPI communities make the United States 

stronger and more vibrant. The richness of America’s multicultural democracy is strengthened by the diversity of AA and NHPI communities and 

the many cultures and languages of AA and NHPI individuals in the United 

States. 

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities together 

constitute the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States and make 

rich contributions to our society, our economy, and our culture. Yet for 

far too long, systemic barriers to equity, justice, and opportunity put the 

American dream out of reach of many AA and NHPI communities. Many 

AA and NHPI individuals face persistent disparities in socioeconomic, health, 

and educational outcomes. Linguistic isolation and lack of access to languageassistance services continue to lock many AA and NHPI individuals out 

of opportunity. Too often Federal data collection practices fail to measure, 

reflect, and disaggregate the diversity of AA and NHPI experiences. These 

practices contribute to often painful and enduring stereotypes about Asian 

Americans as a ‘‘model minority’’ and obscure disparities within AA and 

NHPI communities. 

Our Nation has also seen again that anti-Asian bias, xenophobia, racism, 

and nativism have deep roots in our Nation. Tragic acts of anti-Asian violence 

have increased during the COVID–19 pandemic, casting a shadow of fear 

and grief over many AA and NHPI communities, in particular East Asian 

communities. Long before this pandemic, AA and NHPI communities in 

the United States—including South Asian and Southeast Asian communities—have faced persistent xenophobia, religious discrimination, racism, 

and violence. The Federal Government must provide the moral leadership, 

policies, and programs to address and end anti-Asian violence and discrimination, and advance inclusion and belonging for all AA and NHPI communities. 

At the same time, many AA and NHPI communities, and in particular 

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, have also been disproportionately burdened by the COVID–19 public health crisis. Evidence suggests 

that Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are three times more likely 

to contract COVID–19 compared to white people and nearly twice as likely 

to die from the disease. On top of these health inequities, many AA and 

NHPI families and small businesses have faced devastating economic losses 

during this crisis, which must be addressed. 

As I directed in Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal 

Government), the entire Federal Government must advance equity and racial 

justice for underserved communities, which include AA and NHPI communities. As I established in the Presidential Memorandum of January 26, 

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Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States), it 

is the policy of my Administration to address and confront racism, xenophobia, and intolerance. The purpose of this order is to build on those 

policies by establishing the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and the White House Initiative 

on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Both will 

work to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI communities in the United States. 

Sec. 2. President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. (a) There is established in the Department of 

Health and Human Services the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian 

Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Commission). 

(b) The Commission shall be led by two Co-Chairs, one of whom shall 

be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the other of whom shall 

be the head of an executive department or agency (agency) designated by 

the President. The Commission shall provide advice to the President, in 

close coordination with the Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian 

American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison, on: 

(i) the development, monitoring, and coordination of executive branch 

efforts to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI communities in the United States, including efforts to close gaps in health, 

socioeconomic, employment, and educational outcomes; 

(ii) policies to address and end anti-Asian bias, xenophobia, racism, and 

nativism, and opportunities for the executive branch to advance inclusion, 

belonging, and public awareness of the diversity and accomplishments 

of AA and NHPI people, cultures, and histories; 

(iii) policies, programs, and initiatives to prevent, report, respond to, and 

track anti-Asian hate crimes and hate incidents; 

(iv) ways in which the Federal Government can build on the capacity 

and contributions of AA and NHPI communities through equitable Federal 

funding, grantmaking, and employment opportunities; 

(v) policies and practices to improve research and equitable data 

disaggregation regarding AA and NHPI communities; 

(vi) policies and practices to improve language access services to ensure 

AA and NHPI communities can access Federal programs and services; 

and 

(vii) strategies to increase public- and private-sector collaboration, and 

community involvement in improving the safety and socioeconomic, 

health, educational, occupational, and environmental well-being of AA 

and NHPI communities. 

(c) The Commission shall consist of 25 members appointed by the President. The Commission shall include members who: 

(i) have a history of advancing equity, justice, and opportunity for AA 

and NHPI communities; 

(ii) represent diverse sectors, including education, commerce, business, 

health, human services, housing, the environment, the arts, agriculture, 

labor and employment, transportation, justice, veterans affairs, economic 

and community development, immigration, law, and national security; 

(iii) are from organizations or associations representing one or more of 

the diverse AA and NHPI communities; 

(iv) have personal or professional experience addressing intersectional 

barriers faced by AA and NHPI communities, such as discrimination or 

lack of access to opportunity based on country of origin, immigration 

status, disability, age, or sex, including based on sexual orientation and 

gender identity; or 

(v) have such other experience as the President deems appropriate. 


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(d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall designate an Executive Director of the Commission (Executive Director). The Executive Director 

shall report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination 

with the other Co-Chair of the Commission and the Deputy Assistant to 

the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

Senior Liaison. 

(i) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide funding 

and administrative support for the Commission to the extent permitted 

by law and within existing appropriations, and may, as necessary and 

appropriate under section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, enter 

into one or more agreements to obtain goods or services from one or 

more agencies in support of the Commission. 

(ii) The heads of other agencies shall assist and provide information to 

the Commission, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary 

to carry out its functions. Each agency shall bear its own expenses of 

assisting the Commission. 

(iii) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but 

shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 

as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government 

service (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707). Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the ‘‘Act’’), may apply to the administration of the Commission, any functions of the President under the Act, 

except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services, in accordance with the guidelines issued 

by the Administrator of General Services. 

(e) The Commission shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order, 

unless sooner renewed by the President. 

Sec. 3. White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and 

Pacific Islanders. (a) There is established the White House Initiative on 

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Initiative), a Federal interagency working group. The Initiative shall be led by two CoChairs, one of whom shall be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

the other of whom shall be the head of an agency designated by the President. 

The Executive Director of the Commission established in section 2(d) of 

this order shall also serve as the Executive Director of the Initiative, reporting 

to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the 

other Co-Chair of the Initiative and the Deputy Assistant to the President 

and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison. 

(b) The Initiative shall advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA 

and NHPI communities by coordinating Federal interagency policymaking 

and program development efforts to eliminate barriers to equity, justice, 

and opportunity faced by AA and NHPI communities, including by advancing 

policies, programs, and initiatives. In developing and implementing such 

policies, programs, and initiatives, the Co-Chairs of the Initiative and the 

Executive Director shall coordinate closely with the Deputy Assistant to 

the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

Senior Liaison. To support implementation of a whole-of-government approach to equity and racial justice, as established in Executive Order 13985, 

the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate closely with the CoChairs of the Initiative and the Executive Director to ensure that the needs 

and voices of AA and NHPI communities are considered in the efforts 

of my Administration to advance equity and civil rights. 

In particular, the Initiative shall advance efforts to: 

(i) identify and eliminate any existing institutional policies or barriers 

within Federal programs and services that may disadvantage or burden 

AA and NHPI communities; 

(ii) improve safety, access to justice, and violence prevention for AA 

and NHPI communities, including by preventing, reporting, addressing, 


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and better tracking acts of hate and bias (such as acts of hate and bias 

at the intersection of gender-based violence); 

(iii) promote inclusion and belonging for AA and NHPI communities, 

including by expanding public education and knowledge of AA and NHPI 

people and their diverse cultures, languages, and histories; 

(iv) expand the collection and use of disaggregated data at the Federal, 

State and local level on AA and NHPI communities, and facilitate improved 

research on policy and program outcomes for AA and NHPI communities, 

in coordination with the Interagency Working Group on Equitable Data 

established by Executive Order 13985; 

(v) end language access and other barriers faced by AA and NHPI communities in accessing government benefits and services; 

(vi) improve health outcomes, eliminate health disparities, and expand 

access to quality, affordable, and culturally competent medical and mental 

healthcare services for AA and NHPI individuals and communities; 

(vii) end disparities in educational outcomes for AA and NHPI youth 

and students of all ages, and address barriers to learning, including bullying, harassment, and other forms of discrimination at school; 

(viii) address the concentration of poverty facing many AA and NHPI 

communities, including by identifying and addressing disparities in access 

to safe, affordable housing and homeownership; 

(ix) expand economic opportunity for AA and NHPI families, including 

by advancing opportunities for AA and NHPI entrepreneurs and small 

businesses, supporting access to jobs and workforce training for AA and 

NHPI communities, promoting AA and NHPI participation and success 

in the private sector, ensuring workplaces are free from race and national 

origin harassment and other forms of employment discrimination, and 

ensuring AA and NHPI communities can access consumer and finance 

protections; 

(x) increase opportunities for civic engagement, such as electoral participation, within AA and NHPI communities; 

(xi) improve the equitable allocation of Federal resources, including 

through Federal funds, contracts, grants, and awards, to AA and NHPI 

communities and AA and NHPI-serving organizations; 

(xii) support AA and NHPI communities in responding to and recovering 

from national or regional crises and public health emergencies, including 

the COVID–19 pandemic and related economic crisis; 

(xiii) secure climate and environmental justice for AA and NHPI communities who are particularly impacted by the climate crisis and are overburdened by environmental degradation; and 

(xiv) identify ways to foster the recruitment, career and leadership development, retention, advancement, and participation of AA and NHPI public 

servants at all levels of the Federal workforce. 

(c) In addition to the Co-Chairs, the Initiative shall consist of senior 

officials from the following agencies and offices, designated by the heads 

thereof: 

(i) the Office of the Vice President; 

(ii) the Department of State; 

(iii) the Department of the Treasury; 

(iv) the Department of Defense; 

(v) the Department of Justice; 

(vi) the Department of the Interior; 

(vii) the Department of Agriculture; 

(viii) the Department of Commerce; 


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(ix) the Department of Labor; 

(x) the Department of Health and Human Services; 

(xi) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; 

(xii) the Department of Energy; 

(xiii) the Department of Education; 

(xiv) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 

(xv) the Department of Homeland Security; 

(xvi) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

(xvii) the Office of Management and Budget; 

(xviii) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; 

(xix) the Small Business Administration; 

(xx) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; 

(xxi) the National Security Council; 

(xxii) the National Economic Council; 

(xxiii) the Domestic Policy Council; 

(xxiv) the Gender Policy Council; 

(xxv) the Council on Environmental Quality; 

(xxvi) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; 

(xxvii) the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; 

(xxviii) the White House Office of Public Engagement; 

(xxix) the White House Office of Presidential Personnel; 

(xxx) the Social Security Administration; 

(xxxi) the General Services Administration; 

(xxxii) the United States Agency for International Development; 

(xxxiii) the Office of Personnel Management; 

(xxxiv) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and 

(xxxv) other agencies and offices as the President may, from time to 

time, designate. 

At the direction of the Co-Chairs, the Initiative may establish subgroups 

consisting exclusively of Initiative members or their designees, as appropriate. 

To the extent permitted by law, members of the Initiative, or their designees, 

shall devote the time, skill, and resources necessary and adequate to carry 

out the functions of the Initiative. Each agency and office shall bear its 

own expenses for participating in the Initiative. 

(d) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide funding 

and administrative support for the Initiative to the extent permitted by 

law and within existing appropriations, and may, as necessary and appropriate under section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, enter into one 

or more agreements to obtain goods or services from one or more agencies 

in support of the Initiative. 

(e) Each agency in the Initiative shall prepare a plan (agency plan) outlining 

measurable actions the agency is considering or will take to advance equity, 

justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI communities, including plans 

to implement the policy goals outlined in subsection (b) of this section. 

Agencies shall report their plans to the Co-Chairs of the Initiative and 

the Executive Director on a frequency established by the Executive Director. 

In developing such plans, officials participating in the Initiative shall seek 

opportunities to engage with employee affinity groups or Federal networks 

representing AA and NHPI public servants. 

(i) Each such agency shall assess and report to the Co-Chairs of the 

Initiative and the Executive Director on its progress in implementing its 


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respective agency plan on a regular basis as established by the Co-Chairs 

of the Initiative and the Executive Director. 

(ii) On an annual basis, the Co-Chairs of the Initiative shall develop 

and submit to the President a report outlining a Government-wide interagency plan to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI 

communities, and progress made in implementing the policy goals outlined 

in subsection (b) of this section. 

(f) The Initiative shall coordinate with and support the existing regional 

network of Federal officials who facilitate improved communication, engagement, and coordination between the Federal Government and AA and NHPI 

communities throughout the United States (Regional Network). Agencies 

identified as participants in the Initiative shall seek opportunities, consistent 

with applicable law and available resources, to provide support and resources 

to the Regional Network through each agency’s respective regional offices. 

The Executive Director shall coordinate the efforts of the Regional Network, 

and may establish regular reporting and information-sharing activities between the Regional Network and the Initiative. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This order supersedes Executive Order 13125 

of June 7, 1999 (Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders in Federal Programs); Executive Order 13339 of May 13, 2004 

(Increasing Economic Opportunity and Business Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders); Executive Order 13515 of October 14, 2009 

(Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal 

Programs); and Executive Order 13872 of May 13, 2019 (Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders). 

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(d) For purposes of this order, references to executive departments and 

agencies shall not include the agencies described in section 3502(5) of 

title 44, United States Code. Independent regulatory agencies are strongly 

encouraged to comply with the provisions of this order. 


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(e) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

May 28, 2021. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11792 

Filed 6–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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