,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,january #ae1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,rouda 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,budd1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,porter1   
,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,davis of           
,california1 and ,ms4 ,lofgren7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,supporting efforts to preserve         
,vietnamese and ,vietnamese-,american   
heritage and history and recognizing the
 accomplishments and contributions of   
,vietnamese ,americans4  ,whereas the   
#bjaj ,census showed that more than     
#a1ejj1jjj ,vietnamese ,americans live  
in the ,united ,states of ,america2     
,whereas many ,vietnamese refugees      

resettled in the ,united ,states during 
the late #bjth century as they fled     
,vietnam after the ,vietnam war2        
,whereas thousands of                   
,vietnamese-,american families have     
lived in the ,united ,states for        
decades1 now comprised of multiple      
generations of foreign-born and ,united 
,states-born individuals2 ,whereas the  
number of elderly ,vietnamese ,americans
 is rapidly increasing1 and over nine in
 ten ,vietnamese ,americans aged #fe or 
older are foreign-born2 ,whereas        
,vietnamese ,americans make significant 
contributions to our ,nation every day  
through their public service1 their     
involvement in the ,american economy1   
and their engagement in our communities2
 ,whereas it is important and necessary 
for current and future generations of   
,americans to understand and appreciate 
the cultural history of ,vietnamese     
,americans2 and ,whereas the history of 
the ,vietnamese-,american population is 
the story of so many ,americans who have

 fled violence and oppression and come  
to the ,united ,states in search of a   
better life3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 supports efforts to preserve       
,vietnamese-,american history and       
heritage through the collection and     
preservation of testimonies and         
artifacts that document ,vietnamese and 
,vietnamese-,american history2  7#b7    
recognizes the importance of the ,united
 ,states ,refugee ,admissions ,program1 
through which many ,vietnamese          
,americans have gained entry and        
permanent status in the ,united ,states2
 and  7#c7 condemns human rights        
violations perpetrated by the ,socialist
 ,republic of ,vietnam and calls upon   
the ,vietnamese ,government to end      
restrictions of basic human rights1     
allow all individuals to speak freely1  
exercise their faith without fear of    
persecution1 and enjoy the freedoms that
 all humans should enjoy4