108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 352
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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:
Clerk.