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US HR1116
Resolution
Status
3/16/2026
Primary Sponsor
Grace Meng
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AI Summary
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Commemorates the 5-year anniversary of the March 16, 2021 Atlanta spa shootings that killed 8 people and injured 1 at three Asian-owned businesses, with 7 of the victims being women and 6 being women of Asian descent
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Condemns the gun violence and acknowledges the racism and sexism reflected in the shooter's deliberate targeting of Asian-owned businesses
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Cites 2024 federal hate crime statistics showing anti-Asian hate crimes remain nearly 3 times higher than pre-pandemic levels, and anti-Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander hate crimes at their highest recorded number since FBI began tracking in 2013
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Calls for restoration and expansion of DOJ programs including Bureau of Justice Assistance Programs, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act programs, and Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act programs to prevent and combat hate crimes
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Encourages efforts to combat online hate and disinformation, promote Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history education, and implement antibias practices in K-12 and postsecondary institutions
Legislative Description
Commemorating the 5-year remembrance of the March 16, 2021, shootings in the Atlanta, Georgia, region and denouncing continuing anti-Asian hate, including the resurgence of xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Crime and law enforcement
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3/16/2026