Title: Supporting efforts to preserve Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American heritage and history and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Vietnamese Americans.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution (1) supports preserving Vietnamese-American history and heritage, (2) recognizes the U.S. Refugee Admission Program for facilitating entry into the United States and permanent status for many Vietnamese Americans, and (3) condemns human rights violations by Vietnam and calls on that government to end such violations.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 799 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 799

   Supporting efforts to preserve Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American 
     heritage and history and recognizing the accomplishments and 
                 contributions of Vietnamese Americans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2020

   Mr. Rouda (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Porter, Mr. 
   Vargas, Mrs. Davis of California, and Ms. Lofgren) 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 jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Supporting efforts to preserve Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American 
     heritage and history and recognizing the accomplishments and 
                 contributions of Vietnamese Americans.

Whereas the 2010 Census showed that more than 1,500,000 Vietnamese Americans 
        live in the United States of America;
Whereas many Vietnamese refugees resettled in the United States during the late 
        20th century as they fled Vietnam after the Vietnam war;
Whereas thousands of Vietnamese-American families have lived in the United 
        States for decades, now comprised of multiple generations of foreign-
        born and United States-born individuals;
Whereas the number of elderly Vietnamese Americans is rapidly increasing, and 
        over nine in ten Vietnamese Americans aged 65 or older are foreign-born;
Whereas Vietnamese Americans make significant contributions to our Nation every 
        day through their public service, their involvement in the American 
        economy, and their engagement in our communities;
Whereas it is important and necessary for current and future generations of 
        Americans to understand and appreciate the cultural history of 
        Vietnamese Americans; and
Whereas the history of the Vietnamese-American population is the story of so 
        many Americans who have fled violence and oppression and come to the 
        United States in search of a better life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports efforts to preserve Vietnamese-American 
        history and heritage through the collection and preservation of 
        testimonies and artifacts that document Vietnamese and 
        Vietnamese-American history;
            (2) recognizes the importance of the United States Refugee 
        Admissions Program, through which many Vietnamese Americans 
        have gained entry and permanent status in the United States; 
        and
            (3) condemns human rights violations perpetrated by the 
        Socialist Republic of Vietnam and calls upon the Vietnamese 
        Government to end restrictions of basic human rights, allow all 
        individuals to speak freely, exercise their faith without fear 
        of persecution, and enjoy the freedoms that all humans should 
        enjoy.
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