Mineta of California introduced a House Resolution that called upon the President to designate the first ten days of May as Asian/Pacific Heritage Week. Subsequently. Senators DANIEL INOUYE and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both House and Senate Bills were passed. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history. The arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants on May 7. 1843 and contributions of Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad. completed on May 10. 1869. In 1992. Congress expanded the observance for the entirety of May.
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