Presidential Document2022-09756
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2022
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May 5, 2022
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April 29, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09756]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 87 / Thursday, May 5, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10377 of April 29, 2022
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific
Islander Heritage Month, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific
Islander Heritage Month, our Nation recognizes the
innumerable contributions, vibrant cultures, and rich
heritage of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and
Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPIs). As some of the
fastest-growing racial and ethnic groups in the Nation,
AA and NHPI communities represent a multitude of
ethnicities, languages, and experiences that enrich
America and strengthen our Union.
AA and NHPIs have long played an essential role in
writing the American story. From serving our country in
uniform, advocating for civil rights, starting new
businesses, and winning Olympic medals, the
contributions of the AA and NHPI community touch the
lives of Americans every day. AA and NHPIs serve with
distinction at the highest levels of Federal, State,
and local government. I am proud to have Vice President
Kamala Harris, the first person of South Asian descent
to serve as Vice President, and Katherine Tai, the
first Asian American United States Trade
Representative, in my Administration.
As we celebrate AA and NHPI communities, we must also
redouble our commitment to combating the surge of anti-
Asian hate crimes. The First Lady and I shared the
Nation's outrage as we witnessed these crimes increase
by 339 percent last year compared to the year before in
cities across America. Many other incidents of anti-
Asian bias, xenophobia, and harassment that surfaced
throughout the COVID-19 pandemic were not even
reported. We cannot allow these horrific acts to
continue threatening the safety of AA and NHPI
Americans--especially women, girls, and the elderly.
These acts are wrong; they are un-American; and they
must stop.
In my first week in office, I directed all executive
departments and agencies to combat xenophobia, hate,
and discrimination against AA and NHPI communities. I
also signed into law last May the COVID-19 Hate Crimes
Act to provide law enforcement with resources to
identify, investigate, and report hate crimes and
ensure that hate crimes information is more accessible
to AA and NHPI communities.
As we work to ensure that hatred has no safe harbor in
America's future, we must confront shameful chapters in
our history. That is why, for example, I signed into
law the Amache National Historic Site Act--to
memorialize the 10,000 Japanese Americans who were
unjustly imprisoned at Amache during World War II. And
we will continue to root out racial injustices of our
past and advance equity for all Americans as we move
forward.
Toward that aim, my Administration is making long-
overdue investments in AA and NHPI communities. I
reestablished and expanded the President's Advisory
Commission and the White House Initiative on Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The
American Rescue Plan helped reduce poverty among AA and
NHPI families by approximately 26 percent. We have
increased access to capital, training, and counseling
for AA and NHPI entrepreneurs so their businesses can
thrive. We are also working
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to ensure that healthcare resources are available to AA
and NHPI communities. And we are rebuilding our
immigration system so everyone is treated fairly and
humanely--including AA and NHPI communities.
This month, we celebrate our fellow Americans from AA
and NHPI communities and pay tribute to all they have
done to help fulfill the promise of America for all.
Together, let us recommit ourselves to building a
country in which every American--regardless of who they
are, where they come from, or what they look like--has
an equal opportunity to thrive.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2022 as
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander
Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to learn more
about the history of AA and NHPIs, and to observe this
month with appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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