IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 407 
Supporting the designation of May 10, 2025, as ‘‘National Asian American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2025 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. 
DELBENE, Ms. MENG, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
TRAN, 
Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, 
Ms. 
SIMON, 
Mr. 
DESAULNIER, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Mr. MIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Mr. POCAN) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of May 10, 2025, as ‘‘National 
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 
Mental Health Day’’. 
Whereas the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific 
Islander (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘AANHPI’’) 
community is among the fastest growing population 
groups in the United States and has made significant 
economic, cultural, and social contributions; 
Whereas the AANHPI community is extremely diverse in 
terms of socioeconomic background, education level, types 
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of employment, languages spoken, cultures of origin, ac-
culturation, and migration and colonization status; 
Whereas AANHPIs have among the lowest rates of utiliza-
tion of mental health services, and 65.3 percent of the es-
timated 2,900,000 AANHPIs who meet criteria for a 
mental health problem do not receive treatment; 
Whereas, from 2018 to 2023, AANHPI youth ages 10 to 24 
years old in the United States were the only racial or eth-
nic population in this age category whose leading cause 
of death was suicide; 
Whereas it is imperative to disaggregate AANHPI population 
data to get an accurate representation of the depth and 
breadth of the mental health issues for each subpopula-
tion, so that specific culturally and linguistically appro-
priate solutions can be developed; 
Whereas language access continues to be a critical issue, 
whether due to the limited number of providers with the 
necessary language skills to provide in-language services 
or the significant language loss faced by Native Hawaiian 
and Pacific Islander communities due to colonization; 
Whereas there is a need to significantly increase the number 
of providers, including paraprofessionals, representing 
AANHPI communities and provide them with necessary 
training and ongoing support; 
Whereas historical discrimination and current racial violence 
toward AANHPIs increase trauma and stress, underlying 
precursors to mental health problems; 
Whereas there is a critical need to raise awareness about, and 
improve mental health literacy among, the AANHPI com-
munity to reduce the stigma associated with mental 
health issues; and 
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Whereas May is both National Asian American, Native Ha-
waiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an oppor-
tunity to celebrate the vast contributions of this popu-
lation to the society of the United States, and National 
Mental Health Awareness Month, recognizing the impor-
tance of mental health to the well-being and health of 
families and communities and connecting the importance 
of one’s cultural heritage to good mental health: Now, 
therefore be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Asian 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 
Mental Health Day’’; 
(2) recognizes the importance of mental health 
to the well-being and health of families and commu-
nities; 
(3) acknowledges the importance of raising 
awareness about mental health and improving the 
quality of care for Asian American, Native Hawai-
ian, and Pacific Islander communities; 
(4) recognizes that celebrating one’s cultural 
and linguistic heritage is beneficial to mental health; 
and 
(5) encourages Federal, State, and local health 
agencies to adopt laws, policies, and guidance to im-
prove help-seeking rates for mental health services 
for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pa-
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cific Islander community and other communities of 
color. 
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