SOUTHEAST ASIA

Addresses

U.S. and Laos Diplomatic Relations Anniversary: Representative McCollum, E1719 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions

Asia: condemn construction of artificial land formations by China on the Spratly Islands and call for peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in South China Sea (see S. Res. 183), S3238 [21MY]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide that took place from 1975–1979 (see H. Res. 436), H6227 [24SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 681), S1336 [9MR] (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

——— extend certain authorities relative to the associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 3423), H5768 [29JY]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see S. 1358), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2327), H3211 [14MY]

National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), H5330 [21JY]

Singapore: commemorate independence anniversary and reaffirm partnership with the U.S. (see H. Res. 374), H5467 [23JY]

Southeast-Asian Americans: recognize economic, cultural, and political contributions on anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese Conflict and related historical events (see S. Res. 157), S2568 [30AP] (see H. Res. 240), H2770 [30AP]

Thailand: call for restoration of civil government through fair, free, and democratic elections and express solidarity with the Thai people in their desire for democracy (see H. Res. 574), H10711 [18DE]

Vietnam: promote freedom, human rights, and the rule of law (see H.R. 2140), H2767 [30AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (see H. Res. 225), H2498 [28AP]

——— recognize contributions of Khmer, Laotian, Hmong, and Montagnard Freedom Fighters and the people of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 210), H2315 [17AP]

Remarks in House

Asia: reaffirm peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in South China Sea and East China Sea and support freedom of navigation and other lawful uses of sea and airspace, E1427 [6OC]

Cambodian Day of Remembrance: observance, E503 [15AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (H.R. 2327), H2885 [13MY]

Laos: anniversary of diplomatic relations with the U.S., E1718 [7DE]

Southeast-Asian Americans: recognize economic, cultural, and political contributions on anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese Conflict and related historical events (H. Res. 240), E640 [1MY]

Vietnam: promote freedom, human rights, and the rule of law (H.R. 2140), E941 [23JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of release of American POWs from Vietnam, H1020–H1022, H1025 [12FE]

——— anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, H2664 [30AP]

——— anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (H. Res. 225), H2480 [28AP]

——— recognize anniversary of end of war and call for continued political, religious, and economic reform, E637 [30AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (S. 1358), S2936 [14MY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: status of nuclear weapons program, S4586 [24JN]

Vietnam: anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations with the U.S., S5001 [13JY]

Texts of

S. 1358, Hmong Veterans’ Service Recognition Act, S2937 [14MY]

S. Res. 157, recognize Southeast-Asian Americans’ economic, cultural, and political contributions on anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese Conflict and related historical events, S2579 [30AP]

S. Res. 183, condemn construction of artificial land formations by China on the Spratly Islands and call for peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in South China Sea, S3244 [21MY]