III 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 352 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 13, 2004 
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the contributions of people of Indian origin to 
the United States and the benefits of working together 
with India towards promoting peace, prosperity, and free-
dom among all countries of the world. 
Whereas India is the largest democratic country in the world 
and enjoys a close and mutual friendship with the United 
States based on common values and common interests; 
Whereas people of Indian origin who have for decades immi-
grated to the United States have made extraordinary 
contributions to the United States, helping to make the 
United States a more efficient and prosperous country;
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Whereas these contributions have spanned disciplines ranging 
from science, technology, business development, and pub-
lic service, to social justice, philanthropy, literature, and 
the arts; 
Whereas generations of doctors and nurses of Indian origin 
have attended to the sick in large cities as well as in 
rural regions of the United States that are otherwise un-
derserved; 
Whereas people of Indian origin have designed defense sys-
tems that protect United States naval ships while at sea, 
and have contributed to engineering, designing, and par-
ticipating in the United States space shuttle program, at 
great personal sacrifice; 
Whereas people of Indian origin have invented many of the 
technologies that power the computer and the internet, 
have created and directed laboratories that produced sig-
nificant breakthroughs in modern medicine, and have 
taught at, and are leaders of, many United States insti-
tutions of higher learning; 
Whereas people of Indian origin have made invaluable con-
tributions to the vitality and viability of the United 
States economy through creative entrepreneurship and 
leadership in both large and small businesses; 
Whereas people of Indian origin have shared and integrated 
their rich culture into the fabric of American daily life; 
Whereas trade with India integrates a democratic country of 
more than one billion people into the flow of commerce, 
offering the United States a large and rapidly growing 
market and unlocking vast reservoirs of talent;
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Whereas the United States is India’s largest trading partner 
and a major source of foreign direct investment and for-
eign institutional investment in India; 
Whereas United States exports to India are growing at 25 
percent, making India one of the fastest growing foreign 
markets for United States goods and services; 
Whereas India’s industrial tariffs have fallen from 150 per-
cent in 1988 to a peak rate of 20 percent today; 
Whereas United States exports to India will accelerate as 
India continues reducing tariffs and instituting liberaliza-
tion measures in its trade and investment regime, thereby 
expanding the trade relationship of the two countries and 
bringing mutual benefits; 
Whereas India has been a key partner in the war against ter-
rorism; 
Whereas India and the United States have agreed to increase 
cooperation in the areas of nuclear activities, civilian 
space programs, high-technology trade, and missile de-
fense; 
Whereas multi-faceted cooperation between India and the 
United States will strengthen the bonds of friendship and 
commerce between the two countries, lead to the peaceful 
use of space technology, and increase global stability and 
security; and 
Whereas United States efforts, whether in combating global 
HIV/AIDS, pursuing nuclear non-proliferation, pro-
moting democracy, enhancing stability of the world econ-
omy, eliminating poverty, fighting terrorism, and expand-
ing and strengthening global trade, will be more effective 
and successful with India as a strategic partner: Now, 
therefore, be it
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate con-
curring), That Congress— 
(1) honors the contributions of people of Indian ori-
gin to the United States, and 
(2) is committed to working together with India to-
wards promoting peace, prosperity, and freedom among 
all countries of the world. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.