IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 225 
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 
1975 to January 1979. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2011 
Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. 
AL GREEN of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took 
place from April 1975 to January 1979. 
Whereas, beginning in April 1975 and ending in January 
1979, at least 1,700,000 to 3,000,000 people were delib-
erately and systematically killed in Cambodia in one of 
the worst human tragedies of the modern era; 
Whereas in 1975, Pol Pot led the Communist guerilla group, 
the Khmer Rouge, in a large-scale insurgency in Cam-
bodia that resulted in the removal of Cambodians from 
their homes and into labor camps in an attempt to re-
structure Khmer society; 
Whereas traditional Khmer culture and society were system-
atically destroyed, including the destruction of temples, 
schools, hospitals, and other buildings; 
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•HRES 225 IH 
Whereas families were separated in an attempt by the Khmer 
Rouge to prevent family formation, many individuals 
were punished or killed for education, wealth, or sophis-
tication, and doctors, nurses, clergy, teachers, business 
owners, artisans, city dwellers, and even those individuals 
who wore glasses were singled out for execution since 
they were seen as bourgeois or contaminated with West-
ern influence; 
Whereas the Khmer Rouge maintained control by mass public 
torture, executions, and dismantling of the social order; 
Whereas men, women, and children were sent to labor camps 
and forced to do strenuous farm work and famine and 
disease became epidemic while medicine and medical care 
were non-existent; 
Whereas after the Khmer Rouge regime was overthrown in 
1979, thousands of Cambodians fled on foot to refugee 
camps in Thailand and many refugees were processed 
again in other camps in the Philippines and Indonesia; 
Whereas from these refugee camps approximately 145,149 
Cambodians made their way to the United States be-
tween 1975 and 1999, with the majority of Cambodians 
arriving in the early 1980s; 
Whereas these Cambodians were subsequently resettled in 
communities across the United States; 
Whereas according to the United States Bureau of the Cen-
sus figures from the 2009 American Community Survey, 
there are approximately 241,520 Cambodians currently 
living in the United States; 
Whereas despite their tremendous loss, Cambodians and 
Cambodian Americans have shown courage and resil-
iency; 
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•HRES 225 IH 
Whereas the memory of those Cambodians who were killed 
during the Cambodian genocide must never be forgotten 
and the survivors of the Cambodian genocide should be 
honored; 
Whereas the resettlement of Cambodians reflected the hard 
work of voluntary agencies through funding by the Fed-
eral Government, individual citizens, and Federal, State, 
and local governmental agencies, all working together to 
assist the new arrivals in adjusting to society in the 
United States; 
Whereas Cambodian refugees have done much to further suc-
cessful resettlement in the United States, including 
through mutual assistance associations organized by pre-
viously resettled Southeast Asian refugees to help new 
refugees through the provision of essential social, psycho-
logical, cultural, educational, and economic services; and 
Whereas while remembering and honoring both their tradi-
tional culture and their traumatic past, the new genera-
tion of Cambodian Americans is contributing to United 
States society in meaningful ways: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the victims of the genocide in Cam-
bodia that took place beginning in April 1975 and 
ending in January 1979; and 
(2) continues to support efforts to pursue jus-
tice for the victims of the Cambodian genocide. 
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