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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3188 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities 
to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples 
of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent in the settling 
and founding of America, the social, economic, and political environments 
that led to the development of discriminatory laws targeting Asians, 
Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and their relation to current 
events, and the impact and contributions of Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the development and enhancement 
of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, 
body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2023 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. 
BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASE, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIM of New Jer-
sey, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PANETTA, 
Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. STRICK-
LAND, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. OMAR, and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants 
to eligible entities to carry out educational programs 
that include the history of peoples of Asian, Native Ha-
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waiian, and Pacific Islander descent in the settling and 
founding of America, the social, economic, and political 
environments that led to the development of discrimina-
tory laws targeting Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pa-
cific Islanders and their relation to current events, and 
the impact and contributions of Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the development and 
enhancement of American life, United States history, 
literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and cul-
ture, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Teaching Asian Pacific 
American History Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has benefitted from the 
integral role Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 
have played in our Nation’s history and contribu-
tions to the world. 
(2) The Pacific Island Territories of Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands and all of the Pacific Is-
lands, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Poly-
nesia have unique histories that are often overlooked 
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in American history despite their immense contribu-
tions to our Nation. 
(3) The traditional American history curriculum 
for kindergarten through grade 12 continues to be 
taught from a Eurocentric point of view and ex-
cludes histories of racist immigration laws relevant 
to policies today. 
(4) Social studies textbooks for kindergarten 
through grade 12 poorly represent Asian Americans 
and Pacific Islanders, overlook the diversity within 
those communities, and print images of Asian Amer-
icans and Pacific Islanders in stereotypical roles. 
(5) The Federal Government, through support 
for educational activities of national museums estab-
lished under Federal law, can assist teachers in ef-
forts to incorporate historically accurate instruction 
on the comprehensive history of Asian Americans 
and Pacific Islanders and assist students in their ex-
ploration of Asian Pacific American history as an in-
tegral part of American history. 
(6) The history of America’s system of immi-
gration is rife with racism, embedded with goals of 
hiring workers to work for cheaper wages and labor 
in heinous working conditions. 
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