HR 668 — Commending the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22208108D I HOUSE OfferedRESOLUTION MayNO. 27, 2022 N Commending the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project.

––––––––––668 TE Patrons––Tran,Commending Keam, Shin and Subramanyam R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education ProjectProject. is an organization that has honored and brought greater awareness to the bravery and sacrifice of the more than 260,000 FilDpinos andWHEREAS, although Filipino and Filipino-American veterans were essential to the Allied Forces' victory in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Rescission Act of 1946 caused more than 200,000 of them to lose their status as U.S.

N Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 1, 2022 R O honored and brought greater awareness to the bravery and sacrifice of the more than 260,000 Filipinos L and Filipino-Americans who served with the United States Armed Forces during World War II;

and L WHEREAS, although Filipino and Filipino-American veterans were essential to the Allied Forces' 200,000 of them to lose their status as U.S.

andandn CE WHEREAS, to address this injustice, the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project ED (FilVetREP) was formed in May 2013 to obtain official national recognition of Filipino and Filipino-American veterans and to promote knowledge and understanding of their wartime service;

and their partners and sponsors, the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 was passed by both houses of Congress and later signed into law by President Barack H.

and WHEREAS, since Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to more than 600 veterans and families at Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol R on October 25, 2017, FilVetREP has held its own ceremonies to individually honor living veterans or 6 their next of kin, remaining steadfast in its attempts to reach each one of the 10,000 veterans who areE still unrecognized;

andiningand steadfastR in its attempts to reach each one of the 10,000 veteransRwho are WHEREAS, FilVetREP has pursued its goal to promote awareness by developing an interactive 6 online educational program that presents and preserves the historic legacy of Filipino andandve 8 Filipino-American World War II veterans;

and WHEREAS, FilVetREP recently launched the first phase of its education program, sharing remarkableartifacts storiesat andthe factsNational sourcedArchives from living veterans, their families, and historicalRecords accountsAdministration and artWHEREAS, FilVetREP co-sponsored and participated in the BataanLibrary Memorial Death March on April 2, 2022, in Alexandria, one of severalCongress; such marches across the country, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Bataan Death March and to foster greater understanding of this tragic event;

now,andunts therefore,and beWHEREAS, itFilVetREP RESOLVEDco-sponsored byand participated in the HouseBataan Memorial Death March on April 2, 2022, in Alexandria, one of Delegates,several Thatsuch marches across the Filipinocountry, Veteransto Recognitioncommemorate the 80th anniversary of the Bataan Death March and Educationto :foster greater understanding of this tragic event;

35now, theRESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project hereby be commended for ensuring that Filipinos and Filipino-Americans who fought with the 37United UniRESOLVEDStates FURTHER,Armed ThatForces theduring ClerkWorld ofWar theII Housereceive ofthe Delegateshonor prepareand arespect copythey ofare thisdue; resolution be it 38 for presentation to Major General Antonio M.

Taguba,and, USA,be Ret.,it chairman of the Filipino Veterans 39 Recognition and Education Project, as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for thepresentation organization'sto missionMajor andGeneral itsAntonio contributionsM. to the Commonwealth.

Taguba, USA, Ret., chairman of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project, as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's mission and its contributions to the Commonwealth.