[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51114-51115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17843]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Announcement of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian 
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Meeting

AGENCY: White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
and Pacific Islanders, Office for Civil Rights, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 
that the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders will hold a meeting on September 28, 
2022. The meeting is the third in a series of federal advisory 
committee meetings regarding the development of recommendations to 
promote equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native 
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities. The meeting 
is open to the public and will be live streamed. The Commission, co-
chaired by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and the U.S. Trade 
Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, will advise the President on: 
the development, monitoring, and coordination of executive branch 
efforts to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI 
communities in the United States, including efforts to close gaps in 
health, socioeconomic, employment, and educational outcomes; policies 
to address and end anti-Asian bias, xenophobia, racism, and nativism, 
and opportunities for the executive branch to advance inclusion, 
belonging, and public awareness of the diversity and accomplishments of 
AA and NHPI people, cultures, and histories; policies, programs, and 
initiatives to prevent, report, respond to, and track anti-Asian hate 
crimes and hate incidents; ways in which the Federal Government can 
build on the capacity and contributions of AA and NHPI communities 
through equitable Federal funding, grantmaking, and employment 
opportunities; policies and practices to improve research and equitable 
data disaggregation regarding AA and NHPI communities; policies and 
practices to improve language access services to ensure AA and NHPI 
communities can access Federal programs and services; and strategies to 
increase public-and private-sector collaboration, and community 
involvement in improving the safety and socioeconomic, health, 
educational, occupational, and environmental well-being of AA and NHPI 
communities.

DATES: The Commission will meet on September 28, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 
approximately 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The confirmed time and 
agenda will be posted on the website for the President's Advisory 
Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,

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and Pacific Islanders: https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/index.html when this information becomes available.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be live streamed. Registration is required 
through the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-391779191107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Wu, Designated Federal Officer, 
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
and Pacific Islanders, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, Room 515F, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201; 
email: [email protected]; telephone: (202) 619-0403, fax: (202) 
619-3818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information is available on the President's 
Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific 
Islanders website at https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/index.html. The names of the 25 members of the President's Advisory 
Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 
are available at https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/commissioners/index.html.
    Purpose of Meeting: The President's Advisory Commission on Asian 
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, authorized by 
Executive Order 14031, will meet to discuss full and draft 
recommendations by the Commission's six Subcommittees on ways to 
advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native 
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. The Subcommittees are: 
Belonging, Inclusion, Anti-Asian Hate, Anti-Discrimination; Data 
Disaggregation; Language Access; Economic Equity; Health Equity; and 
Immigration and Citizenship Status.
    Background: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 
communities are among the fastest growing racial and ethnic populations 
in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, in 
recent years, AA and NHPI individuals have faced increasing hate crimes 
and incidents that threaten their safety, as well as harmful 
stereotypes that often ignore socioeconomic, health, and educational 
disparities impacting these diverse communities.
    Tragic acts of anti-Asian violence increased during the COVID-19 
pandemic, casting a shadow of fear and grief over many AA and NHPI 
communities, in particular East Asian communities. Long before this 
pandemic, AA and NHPI communities in the United States, including South 
Asian and Southeast Asian communities, have faced persistent 
xenophobia, religious discrimination, racism, and violence. At the same 
time, AA and NHPI communities are overrepresented in the pandemic's 
essential workforce in healthcare, food supply, education, and 
childcare, with more than four million AA and NHPIs manning the 
frontlines throughout the pandemic.
    Many AA and NHPI communities, and in particular Native Hawaiian and 
Pacific Islander communities, have also been disproportionately 
burdened by the COVID-19 public health crisis. Evidence suggests that 
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are three times more likely to 
contract COVID-19 compared to white people and nearly twice as likely 
to die from the disease. On top of these health inequities, many AA and 
NHPI workers, families, and small businesses have faced devastating 
economic losses during this crisis, which must be addressed.
    The challenges AA and NHPI communities face are often exacerbated 
by a lack of adequate data disaggregation and language access. The 
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
and Pacific Islanders works to advise the President on executive branch 
efforts to address these challenges and advance equity, justice, and 
opportunity for AA and NHPI communities.
    Public Participation at Meeting: Members of the public are invited 
to view the Commission meeting. Registration is required through the 
following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of-the-presidents-advisory-commission-on-aa-and-nhpis-registration-391779191107. Please 
note that there will be no opportunity for oral public comments during 
the meeting of the Commission. However, written comments are welcomed 
throughout the development of the Commission's recommendations to 
promote equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and may be emailed to 
[email protected].
    Authority: Executive Order 14031. The President's Advisory 
Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 
(Commission) is governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), 
which sets forth standards for the formation and use of federal 
advisory committees.

Krystal Ka`ai,
Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native 
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and President's Advisory Commission on 
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
[FR Doc. 2022-17843 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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