[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 352 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 352
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 13, 2004
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the contributions of people of Indian origin to the United
States and the benefits of working together with India towards
promoting peace, prosperity, and freedom among all countries of the
world.
Whereas India is the largest democratic country in the world and enjoys a close
and mutual friendship with the United States based on common values and
common interests;
Whereas people of Indian origin who have for decades immigrated to the United
States have made extraordinary contributions to the United States,
helping to make the United States a more efficient and prosperous
country;
Whereas these contributions have spanned disciplines ranging from science,
technology, business development, and public service, to social justice,
philanthropy, literature, and the arts;
Whereas generations of doctors and nurses of Indian origin have attended to the
sick in large cities as well as in rural regions of the United States
that are otherwise underserved;
Whereas people of Indian origin have designed defense systems that protect
United States naval ships while at sea, and have contributed to
engineering, designing, and participating in the United States space
shuttle program, at great personal sacrifice;
Whereas people of Indian origin have invented many of the technologies that
power the computer and the internet, have created and directed
laboratories that produced significant breakthroughs in modern medicine,
and have taught at, and are leaders of, many United States institutions
of higher learning;
Whereas people of Indian origin have made invaluable contributions to the
vitality and viability of the United States economy through creative
entrepreneurship and leadership in both large and small businesses;
Whereas people of Indian origin have shared and integrated their rich culture
into the fabric of American daily life;
Whereas trade with India integrates a democratic country of more than one
billion people into the flow of commerce, offering the United States a
large and rapidly growing market and unlocking vast reservoirs of
talent;
Whereas the United States is India's largest trading partner and a major source
of foreign direct investment and foreign institutional investment in
India;
Whereas United States exports to India are growing at 25 percent, making India
one of the fastest growing foreign markets for United States goods and
services;
Whereas India's industrial tariffs have fallen from 150 percent in 1988 to a
peak rate of 20 percent today;
Whereas United States exports to India will accelerate as India continues
reducing tariffs and instituting liberalization measures in its trade
and investment regime, thereby expanding the trade relationship of the
two countries and bringing mutual benefits;
Whereas India has been a key partner in the war against terrorism;
Whereas India and the United States have agreed to increase cooperation in the
areas of nuclear activities, civilian space programs, high-technology
trade, and missile defense;
Whereas multi-faceted cooperation between India and the United States will
strengthen the bonds of friendship and commerce between the two
countries, lead to the peaceful use of space technology, and increase
global stability and security; and
Whereas United States efforts, whether in combating global HIV/AIDS, pursuing
nuclear non-proliferation, promoting democracy, enhancing stability of
the world economy, eliminating poverty, fighting terrorism, and
expanding and strengthening global trade, will be more effective and
successful with India as a strategic partner: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That
Congress--
(1) honors the contributions of people of Indian origin to the
United States, and
(2) is committed to working together with India towards promoting
peace, prosperity, and freedom among all countries of the world.
Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2004.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.