Thursday, April 28, 2005

H. RES. 227

109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. RES. 227

Recognizing and honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to economic innovation and society generally.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 2005
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CANNON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. RENZI, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SOUDER, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Ms. FOXX, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WYNN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TURNER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. CHANDLER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. COX, Mr. PORTER, Mr. NEY,
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. WELLER, Mrs. BONO, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. PLATTS, and Mr. ISSA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government
Reform

RESOLUTION
Recognizing and honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to economic innovation and society generally.

Whereas the United States is deeply enriched by its Indian American residents;

Whereas the Indian American community and the graduates of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) in the United States have made valuable and significant contributions to society in every profession and discipline;

and

Whereas IIT graduates are highly committed and dedicated to research, innovation, and promotion of trade and international cooperation between India and the United States: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives
2 (1) recognizes the valuable and significant con-
3 tributions of Indian Americans to American society;
4 (2) honors the economic innovation attributable
5 to graduates of the Indian Institutes of Technology;
6 and
7 (3) urges all Americans to recognize the con-
8 tributions of Indian Americans and have a greater
9 appreciation of the role Indian Americans have
10 played in helping to advance and enrich American
11 society.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmm .. for real?

Unknown said...

yep

Anonymous said...

But that leaves the visa policy untouched.

Unknown said...

For "INDIANS IN AMRICA" :p