Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19.

H. Res. 908 · 116th Congress · Sep 17, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

calls on all public officials to condemn and denounce any and all anti-Asian sentiment in any form;

(2)

recognizes that the health and safety of all Americans, no matter their background, must be of utmost priority;

(3)

condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, anti-Asian sentiment, scapegoating, and ethnic or religious intolerance;

(4)

calls on Federal law enforcement officials, working with State and local officials—

(A)

to expeditiously investigate and document all credible reports of hate crimes and incidents and threats against the Asian-American community in the United States;

(B)

to collect data to document the rise of incidences of hate crimes due to COVID–19; and

(C)

to hold the perpetrators of those crimes, incidents, or threats accountable and bring such perpetrators to justice; and

(5)

recommits United States leadership in building more inclusive, diverse, and tolerant societies—

(A)

to prioritize language access and inclusivity in communication practices; and

(B)

to combat misinformation and discrimination that put Asian Americans at risk.

Lineage

Sep 17, 2020viewing Engrossed in House See what changed
Mar 25, 2020 Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Correa, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Case, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Foster, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Porter, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Jeffries, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Costa, Mr. Serrano, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Kim, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. McEachin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Engel, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Rush, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Allred, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Bass, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Evans, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Wild, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Casten of Illinois, and Ms. Craig) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19.

Cite this provision

Incoming references