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Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Island-
ers who have enriched the history of the United States; 
Whereas the history of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
and Pacific Islanders in the United States is inextricably 
tied to the story of the United States; 
Whereas the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific 
Islander community is an inherently diverse population, 
composed of more than 70 distinct ethnicities and speak-
ing more than 100 language dialects; 
Whereas, according to the Bureau of the Census, the Asian 
American population grew faster than any other racial or 
ethnic group over the last decade, growing by nearly 55.5 
percent between 2010 and 2020, and during that same 
time period, the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 
population grew by 30.8 percent; 
Whereas there are more than 25,000,000 residents of the 
United States who identify as Asian and approximately 
1,800,000 residents of the United States who identify as 
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, making up more 
than 10 percent of the total population of the United 
States; 
Whereas the month of May was selected for Asian American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 
because the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the 
United States on May 7, 1843, and the first trans-
continental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, 
with substantial contributions from Chinese immigrants; 
Whereas section 102 of title 36, United States Code, officially 
designates May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage 
Month and requests the President to issue an annual 
proclamation calling on the people of the United States 
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to observe the month with appropriate programs, cere-
monies, and activities; 
Whereas 2025 marks several anniversaries, including— 
(1) the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Dis-
covery Mission STS–51C, crewed by Ellison Shoji 
Onizuka, the first Asian American in space; 
(2) the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam 
War and the beginning of the Southeast Asian diaspora 
in communities across the United States; 
(3) the 50th anniversary of the completion of the 
double-hulled voyaging canoe, Hokulea, marking the first 
traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe built in Hawaii in 
more than 600 years; 
(4) the 60th anniversary of the enactment of the Act 
entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, and for other purposes’’, approved October 3, 
1965 (79 Stat. 911), landmark legislation that reversed 
restrictive immigration policies against immigrants from 
Asia; and 
(5) the 115th anniversary of the establishment of 
Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, 
California, which served as a major port of entry for im-
migrants coming to the United States from Asia and the 
Pacific; 
Whereas Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Is-
landers have made significant contributions to the United 
States at all levels of the Federal Government and in the 
Armed Forces, including— 
(1) Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American 
elected to Congress; 
(2) Daniel K. Inouye, a Medal of Honor and Presi-
dential Medal of Freedom recipient who, as President pro 
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tempore of the Senate, was the then-highest-ranking 
Asian American government official in the history of the 
United States; 
(3) Hiram L. Fong, the first Asian American Sen-
ator; 
(4) Patsy T. Mink, the first woman of color and 
Asian American woman elected to Congress; 
(5) Herbert Y.C. Choy, the first Asian American to 
serve as a Federal judge; 
(6) Daniel K. Akaka, the first Senator of Native 
Hawaiian ancestry; and 
(7) Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian American 
member of a Presidential cabinet; 
Whereas the 119th Congress includes 25 Members of Asian 
and Pacific Islander descent; 
Whereas, in 2025, the Congressional Asian Pacific American 
Caucus is composed of 82 Members, and other congres-
sional caucuses work on Asian American, Native Hawai-
ian, and Pacific Islander issues also; 
Whereas, in 2025, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and 
Pacific Islanders are serving in State and Territorial leg-
islatures across the United States in record numbers, in-
cluding in— 
(1) the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ne-
vada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New 
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, 
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wy-
oming; and 
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(2) the Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; 
Whereas Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Is-
landers represent more than 8 percent of Federal judges 
and hundreds of thousands of Federal employees, includ-
ing hundreds of staffers of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and 
Pacific Islander descent who serve as staff in the Senate 
and the House of Representatives; 
Whereas the incidence of hate crimes against Asian Ameri-
cans continues to be above levels observed before the 
COVID–19 pandemic; 
Whereas discrimination against Asian Americans, especially 
in moments of crisis, is not a new phenomenon, and vio-
lence against Asian Americans has occurred throughout 
United States history, including— 
(1) the enactment of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act sup-
plementary to the Acts in relation to Immigration’’, ap-
proved March 3, 1875 (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Page Act of 1875’’) (18 Stat. 477, chapter 141), which 
restricted entry of Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian 
women to the United States and effectively prohibited the 
immigration of Chinese women, preventing the formation 
of Chinese families in the United States and limiting the 
number of native-born Chinese citizens; 
(2) the enactment of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 
execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese’’, 
approved May 6, 1882 (commonly known as the ‘‘Chinese 
Exclusion Act of 1882’’) (22 Stat. 58, chapter 126), 
which was the first law to explicitly exclude an entire eth-
nic group from immigrating to the United States; 
(3) the issuance of Executive Order 9066 (7 Fed. 
Reg. 1407; relating to authorizing the Secretary of War 
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to prescribe military areas) on February 19, 1942, which 
authorized the forced relocation and incarceration of ap-
proximately 125,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry 
during World War II, the majority of whom were citizens 
of the United States; 
(4) on June 23, 1982, the murder of Vincent Chin; 
(5) on January 17, 1989, the Cleveland Elementary 
School shooting in which a gunman used an AK–47 to 
kill 5 children, 4 of whom were of Southeast Asian de-
scent; 
(6) the rise in discrimination and violence against 
Muslim, Sikh, Arab, Middle Eastern, and South Asian 
Americans following the attacks on the World Trade Cen-
ter and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001; 
(7) on August 5, 2012, the mass shooting at a Sikh 
temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in which a white su-
premacist fatally shot 6 people and wounded 4 others; 
and 
(8) on March 16, 2021, the murder of 8 people, in-
cluding 6 Asian women, at 3 separate Asian-owned busi-
nesses in the Atlanta, Georgia, region; 
Whereas, in response to the uptick in anti-Asian hate crimes 
throughout the COVID–19 pandemic, Congress passed 
the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act (Public Law 117–13; 
135 Stat. 265), which was signed into law on May 20, 
2021; 
Whereas, in celebration of the contributions of Asian Ameri-
cans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the 
United States, Congress passed the Commission To 
Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of 
Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act (Public 
Law 117–140; 136 Stat. 1259) to establish a commission 
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to study the creation of a National Museum of Asian Pa-
cific American History and Culture, which was signed 
into law on June 13, 2022; 
Whereas, as part of the American Women Quarters Program, 
the United States Mint has issued commemorative quar-
ters honoring the contributions of— 
(1) Chinese American film star Anna May Wong; 
(2) Native Hawaiian composer and cultural advocate 
Edith Kanaka‘ole; 
(3) Japanese American Congresswoman Patsy Mink; 
and 
(4) Korean American disability justice advocate 
Stacey Park Milbern; 
Whereas, as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program, 
the United States Mint has issued a commemorative $1 
coin honoring the contributions of Mary Kawena Pukui, 
a renowned Native Hawaiian scholar, anthropologist, 
ethnographer, author, composer, dancer, and educator 
whose work ensured the preservation and perpetuation of 
the Native Hawaiian language, history, and culture; 
Whereas there remains much to be done to ensure that Asian 
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have 
access to resources and a voice in the Federal Govern-
ment and continue to advance in the political landscape 
of the United States; and 
Whereas celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and 
Pacific Islander Heritage Month provides the people of 
the United States with an opportunity to recognize the 
achievements, contributions, and history of, and to under-
stand the challenges faced by, Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the significance of Asian Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Herit-
age Month as an important time to celebrate the sig-
nificant contributions of Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of 
the United States; and 
(2) recognizes that Asian American, Native Ha-
waiian, and Pacific Islander communities enhance 
the rich diversity of and strengthen the United 
States. 
Æ 
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