IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 23 
Recognizing the catastrophic impact of the 2022 monsoon season in Pakistan 
and the devastation inflicted upon the Pakistani people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2023 
Ms. JACKSON LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the catastrophic impact of the 2022 monsoon 
season in Pakistan and the devastation inflicted upon 
the Pakistani people. 
Whereas, in June 2022, catastrophic monsoon rains began in 
Pakistan and intensified to Biblical proportions by Au-
gust, leaving over one-third of the country under water 
and directly impacting the lives of 33,000,000 Pakistanis; 
Whereas despite flooding having subsided by 56 percent from 
the July-August peak, over 1,700 people have lost their 
lives, one-third of whom were children, 12,900 people 
were injured, 20,600,000 currently require humanitarian 
assistance, and 7,900,000 have been displaced; 
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Whereas over 5,500,000 Pakistanis currently do not have ac-
cess to clean drinking water, flood waters in many areas 
remain stagnant, and waterborne diseases remain a 
major concern as the floods left the country’s most eco-
nomically vulnerable regions imperiled and struggling 
with a humanitarian catastrophe; 
Whereas over 7,000,000 women and children are in desperate 
need of nutrition and immediate lifesaving support, with 
food shortages causing pregnant women to be at height-
ened risk of having low birthweight babies, and 1 in 9 
Pakistani children suffering from acute malnutrition; 
Whereas accelerated glacier melt, brought on by climate 
change, descending from the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, 
and Himalaya mountain ranges in northern Pakistan, is 
a major contributing factor to the Indus River’s unprece-
dented level of overflow and the enormous destruction 
that resulted; 
Whereas a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment by the Pakistani 
Ministry of Planning and Development estimated that the 
country’s economy has sustained a $15,200,000,000 loss; 
Whereas an estimated 2,300,000 homes were damaged or de-
stroyed by the floods, many of which were swept away, 
demolished, or rendered uninhabitable, leaving the hous-
ing sector with financial losses estimated to be upwards 
of $5,600,000,000; 
Whereas the total cost of damage to transportation infra-
structure is estimated to be $281,000,000, 13,000 kilo-
meters of roads were damaged or destroyed, and about 
3,100 kilometers of in-service railway tracks were dam-
aged, around 40 percent of the country’s total in-service 
railways; 
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Whereas damage to fiber optic transmission lines, feeder ca-
bles, and transmission towers threatens the performance 
of Pakistan’s telecommunications infrastructure; 
Whereas the floods have resulted in approximately 1,200,000 
livestock deaths, and damaged 9,400,000 acres of agri-
cultural land around the country, including a 35-percent 
loss of this year’s Kharif season cash crops including rice 
and cotton, which are among Pakistan’s major exports; 
Whereas the flooding’s economic implications to the country 
will long outlast the persistent standing water, which the 
World Bank evaluated and estimated that 2.2 percent of 
the fiscal year 2022 gross domestic product was lost as 
a direct impact of the floods; 
Whereas the Pakistani government’s ‘‘2022 Post-Disaster 
Needs Assessment’’ suggested that the flooding will cause 
the country’s poverty rate to increase by up to 4 percent-
age points, pushing up to 9,000,000 people newly into 
poverty; 
Whereas Pakistan is a longtime ally and strategic partner of 
the United States linked by strong diplomatic relations 
since Pakistan’s independence in 1947; 
Whereas, from September 4 through 6, 2022, a congressional 
delegation visited the areas in Pakistan that were most 
severely plagued by the floods; 
Whereas the congressional delegation met with Prime Min-
ister Shebaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto 
Zardari, United States Ambassador Donald Blome, and 
the United States Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew 
Schofer to assess the damage, receive a briefing from 
Pakistani military rescuers, and discuss short-term relief 
efforts; 
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Whereas the congressional delegation met with the National 
Disaster Management Authority Chairman, Lieutenant 
General Akhtar Nawaz Satti, who presented dozens of 
images of schools, hospitals, bridges, thousands of miles 
of roads, and entire towns decimated by the flood water; 
Whereas the congressional delegation met with representa-
tives from the Pakistan Red Crescent and met with Paki-
stani Climate Minister, Sherry Rehmen, who provided her 
assessment of measures necessary for rehabilitation ef-
forts in the flood-affected areas; 
Whereas the congressional delegation flew over the most se-
verely impacted areas and witnessed devastating human 
and territorial destruction, with water extending in every 
direction, women and children racing to be rescued by 
helicopters, and displaced people everywhere who, having 
been on the frontlines of the floods, suffered tragic losses; 
Whereas the perils in Pakistan have made it unsafe for Paki-
stanis to return to their home country amid this crisis, 
and on September 8, 2022, 19 Members of Congress co- 
authored a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging 
the Department of Homeland Security to grant Tem-
porary Protected Status to eligible Pakistani nationals re-
siding within United States borders; 
Whereas the United States Government has appropriated 
$83,543,866 in humanitarian funding for the Pakistan 
flood response in fiscal years 2022–2023, of which the 
United States Agency for International Development has 
provided Pakistan with $35,924,587 in humanitarian as-
sistance since August 30, 2022; 
Whereas the Governments of France, Japan, Qatar, Jordan, 
Turkey, and other nations have provided Pakistan with 
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food and other emergency relief assistance and the Euro-
pean Commission deployed personnel to support logistics 
and supply chain management needs; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives supports Pakistan, a 
longtime friend and ally of the United States, for moral 
humanitarian reasons, strategic reasons, and the impor-
tance of maintaining favorable diplomatic relations: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States is a world leader in pro-
viding humanitarian assistance to those in need, and 
amid the recent flooding and devastation, will con-
tinue to support Pakistan and its people for humani-
tarian, diplomatic, and strategic reasons, and to re-
inforce the resplendent friendship between our peo-
ples; 
(2) the Biden administration should act expedi-
tiously to grant Temporary Protected Status to eligi-
ble Pakistani nationals who currently reside in the 
United States; 
(3) the American people stand in solidarity with 
the people of Pakistan and share their emotions of 
sadness during this grave time and will continue to 
support Pakistan during the arduous rebuilding ef-
forts; and 
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(4) the Pakistani-American community is a 
treasured and intrinsic component of American soci-
ety that feels Pakistan’s tragedy personally, and 
with whom all Americans are united. 
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