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

H. Res. 151 · 117th Congress · Feb 23, 2021 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

condemns and denounces all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, including those relating to COVID–19;

(2)

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

(3)

condemns all manifestations and 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 agencies—

(A)

to expeditiously investigate and document all credible reports of hate crimes, harassment, bullying, and threats against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States;

(B)

to expand collection of data and public reporting to document the rise of incidents of hate crimes relating to COVID–19; and

(C)

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

(5)

calls on the Attorney General to work with State and local agencies and Asian American and Pacific Islander community-based organizations to prevent discrimination, and expand culturally competent and linguistically appropriate education campaigns on public reporting of hate crimes;

(6)

calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the COVID–19 Health Equity Task Force and Asian American and Pacific Islander community-based organizations, to issue guidance describing best practices to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID–19 pandemic; and

(7)

recommits the United States to serving as a world leader in building more inclusive, diverse, and tolerant societies—

(A)

by prioritizing language access and inclusivity in communication practices; and

(B)

by combating misinformation and discrimination that put Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at risk.

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Feb 23, 2021viewing Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Titus, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Welch, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Peters, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Napolitano, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Bera, Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Bourdeaux, Ms. Adams, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Ross, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Case, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Meeks, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Crow, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Takano, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Dean, Ms. Newman, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Foster, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Carson, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Trone, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Underwood, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Pingree, and Mrs. Beatty) 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.

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