; Whereas 2017 marks several important milestones for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, including the— (1) 135th anniversary of the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred the entry of Chinese immigrants to the United States for more than half a century and spurred a series of anti-immigrant policies targeting immigration from the Asia-Pacific region; (2) 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II; (3) 35th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man beaten to death in Michigan by two White men angered by layoffs in the auto industry; (4) 25th anniversary of Public Law 102–450 , which designated the month of May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month ; and (5) 10th anniversary of the creation of the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions program, which was authorized under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007; Whereas Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, such as Daniel K. Inouye, a Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who, as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, was the highest-ranking Asian American government official in United States history, Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American Congressman, Patsy T. Mink, the first woman of color and Asian American woman to be elected to Congress, Hiram L. Fong, the first Asian American Senator, Daniel K. Akaka, the first Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry, Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian American member of a Presidential cabinet, and others have made significant contributions in both our government and military; Whereas the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, a bicameral caucus of Members of Congress advocating on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, is composed of 50 Members this year, including 17 Members of Asian or Pacific Islander descent