[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8436-8437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02719]


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

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 March 14, 2023.

DATES: The Commission will meet on March 14, 2023, from approximately 
9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to approximately 5:30 p.m. ET. The 
confirmed time and agenda will be posted on the website for the 
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
and Pacific Islanders: https://www.hhs.gov/about/whiaanhpi/commission/meetings/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-517786452217.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Goon, Designated Federal

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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: The meeting is the fifth 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, advises 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.
    More 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. 
Information on the 25 members of the President's Advisory Commission on 
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is 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. Anti-Asian violence 
increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, casting a shadow of fear and 
anxiety over many AA and NHPI communities. However, even before the 
pandemic, AA and NHPI communities in the United States have faced 
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 were also disproportionately burdened 
by the COVID-19 public health crisis. In addition to the 
disproportionate health impacts of COVID-19, particularly on Native 
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, many AA and NHPI workers, 
families, and small businesses also faced devastating economic losses 
that 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-517786452217. 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, President's Advisory Commission on 
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
[FR Doc. 2023-02719 Filed 2-8-23; 8:45 am]
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