Meng’s new resolution (H.Res.151), which has 108 cosponsors:
• Condemns and denounces all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, including those related to COVID-19;
• Recognizes that the health and safety of all Americans, no matter their background, must be the utmost priority;
• Condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, anti-Asian sentiment, scapegoating, and ethnic or religious intolerance;
• Calls on Federal law enforcement officials, working with State and local agencies—
o To expeditiously investigate and document all credible reports of hate crimes, harassment, bullying, and threats against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the United States;
o To expand collection of data and public reporting to document the rise of incidents of hate crimes relating to COVID–19; and
o To hold the perpetrators of those crimes, incidents, or threats accountable and bring such perpetrators to justice, including through investigation and prosecution;
• Recommits the United States to serving as a world leader in building more inclusive, diverse, and tolerant societies—
o By prioritizing language access and inclusivity in communication practices; and
o By combating misinformation and discrimination that put Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at risk.
• 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;
• 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.
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