LOC Title
H.Res.282 - Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.
LOC Summary
States that the House of Representatives: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.
LOC Contributor Names
112th Congress
LOC Standardized Date
5/26/2011
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EEC Source Day
26
EEC Source Month
May
EEC Source Year
2011
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EEC Internal Notes
Check transcript. SC 7/20/16
GK White reviewed 8/9/16
GK White reviewed 8/9/16
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