S. Res. 200 (Agreed to Senate) — Condemning recent hate crimes committed against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

That the Senate—

(1)

affirms that the United States stands united in condemning and denouncing any and all anti-Asian and Pacific Islander sentiment in any form;

(2)

condemns all manifestations or expressions of racism, and anti-Asian and Pacific Islander or ethnic intolerance;

(3)

calls on the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate to strongly consider holding a hearing related to the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

(4)

applauds the Department of Justice’s commitment to conduct a 30-day review of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which will seek to improve the Federal Government’s capacity to track and identify hate incidents, review civil enforcement authorities, and assess whether additional money is needed to support law enforcement’s response to the surge in violence; and

(5)

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

(A)

to expeditiously and vigorously investigate all reports of Asian American and Pacific Islander hate crimes in the United States;

(B)

to work to improve the reporting of Asian American and Pacific Islander hate crimes; and

(C)

to hold the perpetrators of those crimes accountable and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Apr 29, 2021viewing Agreed to Senate Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Scott of Florida, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Collins, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Romney, Mr. Moran, Mr. Young, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Portman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Hassan) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

Condemning recent hate crimes committed against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

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