[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 31 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 31

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a portrait of 
 Dilip Singh Saund should be displayed in an appropriate place in the 
          United States Capitol or in a House Office Building.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina submitted the following resolution; which 
         was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a portrait of 
 Dilip Singh Saund should be displayed in an appropriate place in the 
          United States Capitol or in a House Office Building.

Whereas Dilip Singh Saund was born in 1899, in Chhajulwadi, Punjab Province, 
        India;
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund was inspired to immigrate to the United States by the 
        writings of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore 
        Roosevelt;
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University 
        of California, Berkeley, in 1924 and served as the national president of 
        the Hindustan Association of America while he was a student there;
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund was a successful farmer for nearly 30 years in 
        Imperial Valley, California;
Whereas in 1946, Dilip Singh Saund was instrumental in ending restrictions which 
        prohibited the naturalization of immigrants from India;
Whereas in 1952, Dilip Singh Saund was elected justice of the peace in 
        Westmorland, California, becoming one of the first Asian Americans ever 
        elected to public office;
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund was elected to serve in the House of Representatives 
        in 1956, becoming the first Asian American and first native of India 
        ever elected to Congress;
Whereas in 1957, the people of India recognized Dilip Singh Saund's historic 
        election by giving him a hero's welcome when he visited India as a 
        member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee;
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund overcame many obstacles to become a United States 
        citizen and a Member of Congress; and
Whereas Dilip Singh Saund continues to serve as a role model and inspiration for 
        the Indian American community: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
a portrait of Dilip Singh Saund should be displayed in an appropriate 
place in the United States Capitol or in a House Office Building.
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