Notice2023-02719
Announcement of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Meeting
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Published
February 9, 2023
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders will hold a meeting on March 14, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8436-8437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02719]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, White House Initiative on Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders will hold a meeting on March 14, 2023.
DATES: The Commission will meet on March 14, 2023, from approximately
9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to approximately 5:30 p.m. ET. The
confirmed time and agenda will be posted on the website for the
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,
and Pacific Islanders: <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/meetings/index.html">https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/meetings/index.html</a> when this information becomes available.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be live streamed. Registration is required
through the following link: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-517786452217">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-517786452217</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Goon, Designated Federal
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Officer, President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, Room 515F, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC
20201; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d89999969088919bb7b5b5b1ababb1b7b698b0b0abf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6a7a7a8aeb6afa5898b8b8f95958f8988a68e8e95c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: (202) 619-0403, fax:
(202) 619-3818.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is the fifth in a series of
Federal advisory committee meetings regarding the development of
recommendations to promote equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI)
communities. The meeting is open to the public and will be live
streamed. The Commission, co-chaired by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
and the U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, advises the
President on: the development, monitoring, and coordination of
executive branch efforts to advance equity, justice, and opportunity
for AA and NHPI communities in the United States, including efforts to
close gaps in health, socioeconomic, employment, and educational
outcomes; policies to address and end anti-Asian bias, xenophobia,
racism, and nativism, and opportunities for the executive branch to
advance inclusion, belonging, and public awareness of the diversity and
accomplishments of AA and NHPI people, cultures, and histories;
policies, programs, and initiatives to prevent, report, respond to, and
track anti-Asian hate crimes and hate incidents; ways in which the
Federal Government can build on the capacity and contributions of AA
and NHPI communities through equitable Federal funding, grantmaking,
and employment opportunities; policies and practices to improve
research and equitable data disaggregation regarding AA and NHPI
communities; policies and practices to improve language access services
to ensure AA and NHPI communities can access Federal programs and
services; and strategies to increase public-and private-sector
collaboration, and community involvement in improving the safety and
socioeconomic, health, educational, occupational, and environmental
well-being of AA and NHPI communities.
More information is available on the President's Advisory
Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
website at <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/index.html">https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/index.html</a>.
Information on the 25 members of the President's Advisory Commission on
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is available
at <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/commissioners/index.html">https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/commissioners/index.html</a>.
Purpose of Meeting: The President's Advisory Commission on Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, authorized by
Executive Order 14031, will meet to discuss full and draft
recommendations by the Commission's six Subcommittees on ways to
advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. The Subcommittees are:
Belonging, Inclusion, Anti-Asian Hate, Anti-Discrimination; Data
Disaggregation; Language Access; Economic Equity; Health Equity; and
Immigration and Citizenship Status.
Background: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander
communities are among the fastest growing racial and ethnic populations
in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, in
recent years, AA and NHPI individuals have faced increasing hate crimes
and incidents that threaten their safety, as well as harmful
stereotypes that often ignore socioeconomic, health, and educational
disparities impacting these diverse communities. Anti-Asian violence
increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, casting a shadow of fear and
anxiety over many AA and NHPI communities. However, even before the
pandemic, AA and NHPI communities in the United States have faced
xenophobia, religious discrimination, racism, and violence. At the same
time, AA and NHPI communities are overrepresented in the pandemic's
essential workforce in healthcare, food supply, education, and
childcare, with more than four million AA and NHPIs manning the
frontlines throughout the pandemic.
Many AA and NHPI communities were also disproportionately burdened
by the COVID-19 public health crisis. In addition to the
disproportionate health impacts of COVID-19, particularly on Native
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, many AA and NHPI workers,
families, and small businesses also faced devastating economic losses
that must be addressed.
The challenges AA and NHPI communities face are often exacerbated
by a lack of adequate data disaggregation and language access. The
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,
and Pacific Islanders works to advise the President on executive branch
efforts to address these challenges and advance equity, justice, and
opportunity for AA and NHPI communities.
Public Participation at Meeting: Members of the public are invited
to view the Commission meeting. Registration is required through the
following link: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-517786452217">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-517786452217</a>. Please
note that there will be no opportunity for oral public comments during
the meeting of the Commission. However, written comments are welcomed
throughout the development of the Commission's recommendations to
promote equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and may be emailed to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2160606f697168624e4c4c485252484e4f614949520f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2061616e687069634f4d4d495353494f4e604848530e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.
Authority: Executive Order 14031. The President's Advisory
Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
(Commission) is governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),
which sets forth standards for the formation and use of Federal
advisory committees.
Krystal Ka`ai,
Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, President's Advisory Commission on
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
[FR Doc. 2023-02719 Filed 2-8-23; 8:45 am]
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