IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 671 
Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, individuals 
experienced hate and were targeted by the government on account of 
their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting 
various forms of relief to support those affected. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. OMAR, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. CHU, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 
THANEDAR, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, 
and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, 
individuals experienced hate and were targeted by the 
government on account of their faith, race, national ori-
gin and immigration status, and suggesting various 
forms of relief to support those affected. 
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, our Nation experienced the 
deadliest attacks ever perpetrated on American soil; 
Whereas nearly 3,000 people perished in the September 11, 
2001, attacks; 
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Whereas over 4,500 people have died from 9/11 related ill-
nesses, and many still suffer long-term, bodily trauma 
from inhaling toxic dust and rubble; 
Whereas the United States experienced immeasurable fear, 
sorrow, outrage, and loss; 
Whereas Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh, was murdered in Mesa, 
Arizona, on September 15, 2001; 
Whereas Waqar Hasan in Dallas, Texas, and Adel Karas in 
San Gabriel, California, were killed on September 15, 
2001; 
Whereas in the first month after the attack, community orga-
nizations documented 945 incidents of bias and hate in 
the workplace, houses of worship, schools, homes, and in 
public life against Americans perceived to be of Middle 
Eastern or South Asian descent; 
Whereas hundreds of police, fire fighters, and first respond-
ers lost their lives in the rescue effort, including members 
from the Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, 
and Sikh communities; 
Whereas Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 
Sikh communities have long experienced discrimination 
and violence in the United States, which intensified after 
the attacks; 
Whereas there was a climate of hate in which Arab, Muslim, 
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Sikh communities ex-
perienced bullying and violence in their everyday lives 
and in their workplaces, businesses, community centers 
and houses of worship; 
Whereas the government targeted Arab, Muslim, Middle 
Eastern, South Asian, and Sikh communities with over-
reaching policing, surveillance, and criminalization poli-
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cies that resulted in wrongful interrogation, coercion, de-
tention, deportation, arrest, and incarceration; 
Whereas core principles like due process, presumption of in-
nocence, and evidence of wrongdoing were replaced with 
mob mentality and guilt by association; 
Whereas the fearmongering and hateful rhetoric witnessed in 
the aftermath of the attacks remain commonplace today; 
Whereas border officials and government authorities cast 
aside constitutional rights and engaged in discriminatory 
searches and seizures of Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, 
South Asian, and Sikh community members; 
Whereas false narratives about Arabs, Islam, and American 
Muslims abound, and are encouraged and justified by a 
network of closely connected and well-funded organiza-
tions and activists that seek to propagate misinformation 
about these communities and provide support for policies 
that curtail their rights; 
Whereas the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, as 
well as human rights violations ranging from torture at 
Guantanamo Bay to extrajudicial drone strikes, also con-
tributed to this climate of hate and the government tar-
geting of these communities; 
Whereas Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 
Sikh communities have experienced humiliation, stigma, 
deprivation of due process, and loss of liberty because of 
government targeting, which reinforced the climate of 
hate; 
Whereas the climate of hate and government targeting im-
pacted the ability of these communities to exercise their 
constitutionally protected rights including to organize, 
speak, travel, and worship freely; 
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