1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has benefitted from the integral role Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have played in our Nation's history and contributions to the world. (2) The Pacific Island Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and all of the Pacific Islands, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, have unique histories that are often overlooked in American history despite their immense contributions to our Nation. (3) The traditional American history curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 continues to be taught from a Eurocentric point of view and excludes histories of racist immigration laws relevant to policies today. (4) Social studies textbooks for kindergarten through grade 12 poorly represent Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, overlook the diversity within those communities, and print images of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in stereotypical roles. (5) The Federal Government, through support for educational activities of national museums established under Federal law, can assist teachers in efforts to incorporate historically accurate instruction on the comprehensive history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and assist students in their exploration of Asian Pacific American history as an integral part of American history. (6) The history of America’s system of immigration is rife with racism, embedded with goals of hiring workers to work for cheaper wages and labor in heinous working conditions. (7) Congress has continuously passed anti-Asian laws as the result of the scapegoating of Asian immigrant laborers for economic downturns in the United States. (8) The history of South Asian Americans in the United States dates back to the late 1700s. (9) The history of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in what is now considered to be the United States predates the founding of our Nation. (10) In